Article: Towards a non-Aristotelian epistemology of science.

"Perhaps the one point of agreement among philosophers of science lies in the consensus of belief that the traditional 'scientific method' as outlined in many introductory science textbooks seems incorrect and defective."

1. Introduction

PHILOSOPHERS OF SCIENCE have long struggled to define what constitutes the nature and limits of science. Even so, "There has been little agreement concerning a universal criterion of the scientific character of theories," notes Lakatos. (1) Of the many approaches proposed, few have escaped criticism, including Bacon's and Newton's inductive method, Popper's criterion of falsification, Kuhn's sociological approach, the ...

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