HPS100H1 Lecture 3: HPS100Lecture3
3 Mar 2016
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Ex. accept theories that are more simple, alternatively, accept theories with confirmed novel predictions, or accept theories that solve more problems, or accept more precise and accurate theories these are the actual (implicit) expectations of the scientific community this is what scientists actually do employed to assess if the idea is acceptable note: methods should not be confused with methodologies which means something openly formulated/stated note: methods of theory assessment are not to be confused with techniques used by scientists to construct theories these rules openly prescribed by the community as the correct way of doing science our openly formulated requirements are often very different from our actual expectations this is what scientists say they should be doing used to generate new ideas. I can conceive of something material yet colorless, i. e. completely transparent (ex. air), therefore color is not an indispensable property of matter sound taste smell shape.
