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Title: | A theory of scientific study | Authors: | Luk, RWP | Issue Date: | Mar-2017 | Source: | Foundations of science, Mar. 2017, v. 22, no. 1, p. 11-38 | Abstract: | This paper presents a theory of scientific study which is regarded as a social learning process of (working) scientific knowledge creation, revision, application, monitoring (e.g., confirmation) and dissemination (e.g., publication) with the aim of securing good quality, general, objective, testable and complete scientific knowledge of the domain. The theory stipulates the aim of scientific study that forms the basis of its principles. It also makes seven assumptions about scientific study and defines the major participating entities (i.e., scientists, scientific knowledge and enabling technical knowledge). It extends a recent process model of scientific study into a detailed interaction model as this process model already addresses many issues of philosophy of science. The detailed interaction model of scientific study provides a common template of scientific activities for developing logical (data) models in different scientific disciplines (for physical database implementation), or alternatively for developing (domain) ontologies of different scientific disciplines. Differences between research and scientific studies are discussed, and a possible way to develop a scientific theory of scientific study is described. | Keywords: | Science Scientific inquiry Scientific study Theory and model |
Publisher: | Springer Dordrecht | Journal: | Foundations of science | ISSN: | 1233-1821 | EISSN: | 1572-8471 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10699-015-9435-x | Rights: | © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use(https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms), but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10699-015-9435-x. |
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