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BREAKING THE LOGJAM: APPLYING THE
OBSERVATIONAL-INDUCTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR SCIENCE |
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Timothy E. Eastman |
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Plasmas International, Silver Spring, MD, USA |
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June 18, 2005 |
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The current logjam in the controversy between the Big
Bang model and several alternatives has continued for
more than half a century and promises to continue for
much longer. The standard hypothetical-deductive
methodological framework for science, which focuses on
logical implication, derives its strength from the
consistency, coherence, and testability of deduced
consequences resulting from initial hypotheses. The
hypotheses are, in part, inspired by observations but
may be highly dependent on prior theory as, for example,
research on gamma ray bursts or black holes. Recent work
in philosophy of science has recognized fundamental
limitations to this standard account of scientific
process and has introduced hypothetical-inductive
inference in addition to hypothetical-deductive
inference [Niiniluoto et al., 1973]. |
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