The Future of The History of The Philosophy of Science


The modern scientific method is built upon the work of all of these great philosophers. Whilst a scientist may believe that they are following the methods of Kuhn or Popper, there is also a tribute to Aristotle, Avicenna or Bacon in their work.Ironically, many scientists have not heard of any of these philosophers and blindly use the scientific method, without realizing how it grew and developed.In terms of the direction of the philosophy of science, the most recent philosophers concentrate upon trying to define the very nature of science, as boundaries between the various fields blur and the amount of poorly constructed pseudoscience and junk science grows exponentially.The history of the philosophy of science is added to daily, and the next revolution in scientific thought may be just around the corner.

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