The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since … 詳細

The basic elements of the scientific method are illustrated by the following example (which occurred from 1944 to 1953) from the discovery of the structure of DNA (marked with and indented).
There are differe… 詳細

The unfettered principles of science are to strive for accuracy and the creed of honesty; openness already being a matter of degrees. Openness is restricted by the general rigour of scepticism. And of course the matter of no… 詳細

The idea of there being two opposed justifications for truth has shown up through-out the history of scientific method as analysis versus ​synthesis, non-ampliative/​ampliative, or even confirmation and verification. … 詳細

Scientific inquiry generally aims to obtain knowledge in the form of testable explanations that scientists can use to predict the results of future experiments. This allows scientists to gain a better understanding o… 詳細

Philosophy of science looks at the underpinning logic of the scientific method, at what separates science from non-science, and the ethic that is implicit in science. There are basic assumptions, derived from philosophy by at … 詳細

Somewhere between 33% and 50% of all scientific discoveries are estimated to have been stumbled upon, rather than sought out. This may explain why scientists so often express that they were lucky. Louis Pasteur is … 詳細