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In the attempt to understand science, definition is not much of a help. Due to the ever growing complexity of science, no unique and universally valid set of defining criteria is available. Hence, certain distinctions are resorted to: science is both a body of tested knowledge and a method of inquiry. The latter, in turn, consists of two phases: discovery and confirmation. The writer argues that it is mainly in respect of its method that science can best be characterized and distinguished from other types of inquiry.
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Yildirim, C. Towards an understanding of science. Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 1, 104–118 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01801444
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