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History and philosophy of science
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Relevant general philosophy
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Philosophy of science
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- Scientific method:
- Experiment: empirical method, empirical research, empiricism
- Theory: conjecture, hypothesis, data analysis, scientific theory, mathematical model, dependent and independent variables, statistical model, scientific modelling
- Design of experiments: alternative hypothesis, null hypothesis, working hypothesis, experimental techniques, scientific control, controlling for a variable, factorial experiments
- Experimental errors: confounding variables, spurious relationship, Type I and type II errors, confirmation bias, systemic bias, experimenter's bias, observational error, systematic bias, systematic error, experimental uncertainty analysis
- Analysis of results: statistical significance, the principle of parsimony in science, Occam's razor, instrumentalism, pragmatism in science
Models of scientific inquiry
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Criticism of science
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- Criticism of science
- Antiscience, Antireductionism
- Science wars: opposition to scientistic materialism, scientism, reductionism in science, rationalisation of society
- Scientific realism vs. philosophical realism
- Scientific skepticism vs. philosophical skepticism
- Classic mistakes: misidentified chemical elements, polywater, cyclol hypothesis, Lysenkoism, cubical atoms, plum pudding model, caloric theory, phlogiston theory, vitalism, classical elements
- Scientific misconduct: Climategate, Jan Hendrik Schön, Leo Paquette, plagiarism
- Pseudoscience