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Method: a method is a procedure agreed on by participants of a discussion or research project. In the case of violations of a method, the comparability of the results is in particular questioned, since these no longer come from a set with uniformly defined properties of the elements._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gerhard Schurz on Method - Dictionary of Arguments
I 29 Science/method/Schurz: common features: M1: search for hypothetical sentences that are as general and substantial as possible, including singular sentences. M2: search for as many (relevant) actual observational sentences as possible. M3: using the general and hypothetical sentences to explain the known actual observational sentences, as well as to predict new potential observational sentences. ((s) "proposition" instead of "fact". Potential observation sentence/Schurz/(s): predicted observation. I 30 M4: Review general and hypothetical observation propositions. >Science, >Facts, >Observation, >Observation sentences, >Explanation, >Prediction._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 |