gib65 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I remember reading somewhere (in a few introductory university course text books, I believe) that science is founded on 5 principles, or "pillars", as I'm calling them. I can't remember what they are though. Here's my guess: 1) empiricism 2) determinism 3) repeatability 4) testability 5) parsimony Am I missing anything? What about reductionism? What about explainability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I`de expect that "Explainability" comes as a natural function to "repeatability", as in you can`t hope to repeat what you don`t understand or have knowledge of. just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbender Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 More that you may have missed: 1. Integrity 2. Objectivity 3. Creativity 4. The Scientific Method 5. Logic 6. Peer review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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