HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blind Experiment, Scientific Method, Repeatability
28 Jan 2016
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There is no such thing as a universal/fixed scientific method. Yes generalism there can be a general theory of scientific change. No particularism there can be no general theory of scientific change. There is no universal and fixed method of science. There is nothing universal in science; each historical episode is unique (this is not true all cases of scientific change seem to obey certain general laws) Hypothetico deductive unaccounted effects controlled trail placebo effect single blind method experimenters bias > double blind method. We have changed in methods due to changes in accepted theories. Nature of things: a thing has its nature that makes a thing what it is (acorn to grow into a tree etc. ) Intuition grasps nature: the nature of a thing can be grasped by an experienced person (socrates can say that nature of acorn is to grow a tree)
