Scientific realism — is, at the most general level, the view that the world described by science is the real world, as it is, independent of what we might take it to be. Within philosophy of science, it is often framed as an answer to the question what does the… … Wikipedia
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Explanation — An explanation is a description which may clarify causes, , and consequences of a certain object, and a phenomenon such as a process, a state of affairs. This description may establish rules or laws, and may clarify the existing ones in relation… … Wikipedia
Scientific revolution — This article is about a period in the history of science. For the process of scientific progress via revolution, proposed by Thomas Kuhn, see Paradigm shift … Wikipedia
explanation — [[t]e̱kspləne͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ explanations 1) N COUNT: also of/in N If you give an explanation of something that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it. She told the court she would give a full… … English dictionary
scientific method — a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested. [1850 55] * * * Mathematical and experimental techniques employed in the… … Universalium
Scientific notation — is a way of writing numbers that accommodates values too large or small to be conveniently written in standard decimal notation. Scientific notation has a number of useful properties and is commonly used in calculators, and by scientists,… … Wikipedia
Scientific foreknowledge in sacred texts — is the belief that certain sacred texts document an awareness of the natural world that was later discovered by technology and science. This includes the belief that the sacred text grants a higher awareness of the natural world, like those views … Wikipedia
Scientific hypothesis — is a hypothesis (a testable conjecture) used as a tentative explanation of an observation, but which has not yet been fully tested by the prediction validation process for a scientific theory. [http://www.journaloftheoretics.com/Editorials/Vol… … Wikipedia
explanation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ convincing, credible, good, likely, logical, natural, obvious, plausible, probable, rational ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Scientific Management — Frederick Winslow Taylor Das Scientific Management (deutsche Übersetzung: Wissenschaftliche Betriebsführung) bezeichnet ein Managementkonzept, welches der US Amerikaner Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915) im Laufe seines Lebens entwickelte und… … Deutsch Wikipedia