Closed Theories, Falsificationism and Non-Cumulative Progress.

It is argued that scientific progress occurs not with the cumulative growth of knowledge or when theories get closer to the truth but with discovering new domains and new theories that fit these domains. This horizontal view on the direction of scientific progress (in contrast to vertical, when we a...

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Publicado en:	Problems / Problemos Vol. 98; pp. 125 - 136
Autores principales:	Firsova, Svitlana, Bilorus, Tetiana, Aksom, Herman
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Vilnius University 2020
Materias:	Theory of change Progress Quantum mechanics Scientific Revolution Falsification Induction (Logic)
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