The Scientific Method: Reflections from a Practitioner
Massimiliano Di Ventra
Abstract
Can Science answer all our questions? If not, what knowledge can it provide, and how? Written in a colloquial style, and arguing from well-known and easy-to-follow facts, this book addresses all concepts pertaining to the scientific method and reinforces the inalienable role of experimental evidence in scientific truths. It also clarifies the limits of Science and the errors we make when abusing its method in contexts that are not scientific. Rather than a treatise on epistemology, this book is a collection of personal reflections on the scientific methodology as experienced and used daily by ... More
Keywords: scientific method, logic, hypothesis, theory, experimental evidence, common sense, religious belief, scientific errors, Scientism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198825623 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: June 2018 | DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198825623.001.0001 |
