Scientific method, rules

A theory is our best present interpretation of why things happen the way they do The modern ver Sion of Markovnikov s rule which is based on mecha nistic reasoning and carbocation stability recasts the rule in terms of theoretical ideas Mechanisms and explanations grounded in them belong to the theory part of the scientific method... 

Scientists pursue ideas in an ill-defined but effective way called the scientific method, which takes many forms. There is no strict rule of procedure that leads you from a good idea to a Nobel prize or even to a publishable discovery. Some scientists are meticulously careful, others are highly creative. The best scientists are probably both careful and creative. Although there are various scientific methods in use, a typical approach consists of a series of steps (Fig. 6). The first step is often... 

There are four basic rules of scientific method to which an investigator is committed (1) good observation, (2) the public nature of observation, (3) the necessity to theorize logically, and (4) the testing of theory by observable consequences. These constitute the scientific enterprise. I consider below the wider application of each rule to d-ASCs and indicate how unnecessary physicaliStic restrictions may be dropped. I also show that all these commitments or rules can be accommodated in the development of state-specific sciences. 

So far we have seen how to generate mechanistic hypotheses. The next step in the scientific method is the testing of them to rule out those incompatible with experimental... 

As far as objectivity was concerned, he was even more cautious. When, indeed, one remembers that the most striking practical application to life of the doctrine of objective certitude has been the conscientious labors of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, one feels less tempted than ever to lend the doctrine a respectful ear (pp. 21, 23). What one does for good reason and with a sense of objective certainty, in other words, follows from a willingness to believe in something. The same rule applies regardless of whether one s willingness to believe embraces doctrines of religion, the principles of alchemy, or the precepts of scientific method. 

The Scientific Method is a logical set of steps that a scientist goes through to solve a problem. The main purpose of using the Scientific Method is to eliminate, as much as possible, preconceived ideas, prejudices and biases by presenting an objective way to study possible answers to a question. Only by designing a way to study one variable at a time can each possible answer be ruled out or accepted for further study. There are as many different scientific methods as there are scientists experimenting. However, there seems to be some pattern to their work. 

Science advances by the formulation of theories. The scientific method comprises observation of the facts, hypothesis of a theory which accommodates all of the facts and then testing the theory by using it to predict results which are unknown at the time. No theory can ever be proved, it can only be disproved and so is valid only as long as there are no known exceptions. The platitude The exception that proves the rule is misunderstood by most of those who use it. They forget that here the word proves is being used in its original sense of tests rather than in the modern sense of establishes beyond doubt . Any exception means that the rule is either inadequate or invalid and must be revised or rejected. As far as theories concerning the initial receptor event in olfaction are concerned, none accommodate all of the known facts. 

There are four basic rules of scientific method to which an... 

In a manner similar to the scientific method (see Section 1.3), children tend to apply rules based upon what they already know. They then test responses based upon these rules against the real world. Ineorrect implications would require modifieation of their rules. Subsequent rules will presumably be eloser to correct. 

His book reflected his various interests, and it was truly transdisci-plinary, providing a methodological foundation for science and engineering for centuries to come. In part two of the book, he described the scientific method and its four governing rules, which can be considered as a philosophical foundation of morphological analysis. These rules are as follows (Descartes 1960) ... 

The scientific method is a dynamic process used to answer questions about our physical world. Observations and experiments lead to scientific laws, general rules that summarize how nature behaves. Observations also lead to tentative explanations or hypotheses. As a hypothesis is tested and refined, a theory may be developed that can predict the results of future observations and experiments. 

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