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Here are 10 presuppositions of science: 1. The existence of a theory-independent, external world; 2. The orderly nature of the external world; 3. The knowability of the external world; 4. The existence of truth; 5. The laws of logic; 6. The reliability of our cognitive and sensory faculties to serve as truth gatherers and as a source of justified true beliefs in our intellectual environment; 7. The adequacy of language to describe the world; 8. The existence of values used in science (e.g., test theories fairly and report test results honestly); 9. The uniformity of nature and induction; 10. The existence of numbers.(1)
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:59:37 +0000

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