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, 2022 Abstract The preceding chapter argued that the aim of science is the production of scientific knowledge. This chapter argues for the corresponding claim about scientific progress: scientific progress is the accumulation of scientific knowledge.
Lightstone, Douglas Frank +1 more
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How Universities Have Betrayed Reason and Humanity—And What's to Be Done About It
Frontiers in Sustainability, 2021 In 1984 the author published From Knowledge to Wisdom, a book that argues that a revolution in academia is urgently needed, so that problems of living, including global problems, are put at the heart of the enterprise, and the basic aim becomes to seek ...
Nicholas Maxwell
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Does the way we do science foster discovery?
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2023 Freedom to explore the unknown is key to scientific discovery. Maximizing modern individualistic measures of scientific productivity like the number of citations and publications may impede the progress of science as a whole.
Nithin Sivadas, Nithin Sivadas
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The Pitfalls of a Tool-based Science and the Promise of a Problem-focused Science
Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, 2011 Our present social sciences are at risk of losing sight of their primary purpose: the goal of reducing uncertainty. For years social scientists have drifted slowly toward the routine of employing of accepted methodological, conceptual, and analytical ...
Patrick E. McKnight +3 more
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Closed Theories, Falsificationism and Non-Cumulative Progress
Problemos, 2020 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.
Svitlana Firsova +2 more
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General View of the Research Studies on World Viticulture In The Last Decade
Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2021 It is seen that research subjects are shaped especially under the effect of climate change and that practices that will minimize possible negative effects are examined.
Zeliha GÖKBAYRAK +2 more
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Brain death in cultural context – an outline of the issue
Health Promotion & Physical Activity, 2018 Half a century after the introduction criteria of brain death by the Harvard Ad HocCommitteeonBrainDeath, the discussions on their methodological consistency, biological adequacy and medical legitimacy do not cease.
Bogusław Wójcik
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Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологіяIn this study, a numerical model was developed for performing 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the total temperature separation phenomenon in rotating flows, and the accuracy of this model was validated.
Artem Karpenko, Yuriy Torba
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La persistencia bacteriana: una problemática ignorada por una ciencia sin respuestas
FAVE Sección Ciencias Veterinarias, 2017 ARTÍCULO DE OPINIÓN. En nuestra cultura occidental tenemos un concepto triunfalista y mesiánico de la ciencia, ya que se confía que tarde o temprano la misma hallará respuestas y soluciones a los problemas del hombre.
FORMENTINI E
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Labour Productivity: Concept and Tendencies [PDF]
Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2017 This paper addresses the important topic of increasing labour productivity. The expansion of this indicator has a multitude of economic and social implications, also affecting the average consumer.
Morariu Alunica
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