The ScientificMethod: Reflections from a Practitioner. By Massimiliano di Ventra. Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. 128. Price GBP 13.99. ISBN 9780198825623.

摘要

The contents of this short book involve 18 chapters and 128 pages. The chapter headings are 1. Science Without Philosophy, 2. Material World and Objective Reality, 3. First Principles and Logic, 4. Natural Phenomena and the Primacy of Experiment, 5. Observation and Experimentation, 6. The Role of Human Faith in Science, 7. Approximate and Limited Description of Natural Phenomena, 8. Hypothesis, 9. Theory, 10. Competing Theories, 11. Can One Theory Be 'Derived' from Another?, 12. Verifying or Falsifying? And What?, 13. Don't Be a Masochist!, 14. 'Consensus' in Science? What Is That?, 15. Flow Chart of the Scientific Method, 16. The 'What' and 'Why' Questions, 17. 'Scientism': Abusing the Scientific Method, 18. Final Thoughts.