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1. Overview and organizing themes
2. Historical Review: Aristotle to Mill
3. Logic of method and critical responses
3.1 Logical constructionism and Operationalism
3.2. H-D as a logic of confirmation
3.3. Popper and falsificationism
3.4 Meta-methodology and the end of method
4. Statistical methods for hypothesis testing
5. Method in Practice
5.1 Creative and exploratory practices
5.2 Computer methods and the ‘third way’ of doing science
6. Discourse on scientific method
6.1 “The scientific method” in science education and as seen by scientists
6.2 Privileged methods and ‘gold standards’
6.3 Scientific method in the court room
6.4 Deviating practices
7. Conclusion
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