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Theories on Theories
Title: Theories on Theories
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1908 | Pages: 8.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Theories on Theories
The question as to whether scientific theories can be shown to be true or false is a complex one. The answer depends on one's interpretation of the meaning of theory. To what does it refer? Is its role to reveal the nature of reality, or is it merely a human construct? In which case what do we mean by truth? Is it an accurate description of reality, or does it simply refer to a successful …showed first 75 words of 1908 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1908 total…rejecting those that do not, is an effective one. Otherwise our theoretical frameworks would presumably rapidly deteriorate instead of progressing towards the ever more organized and ordered system that impressed Duhem so greatly.
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