Re: Nature of Science (NOS)

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM>]

At 13:11 -0500 9/1/02, John Clement wrote:
> I do not think that the myth of "scientific method" comes from the education
> departments.  I would say it is quite the opposite.  The education
> departments are actively fighting this myth.  The cited paper in my NOS post
> was written by faculty members in the education departments.  It is more
> likely to have come from administrators or fellow colleagues in science
> departments.
Which is why I offered it as a hypothesis for testing. If not the
education departments, where? Of the scientists among my acquaintance
*none* espouses the simple minded view of "scientific method" that we
decry here? Could it be the engineering schools? Inquiring minds want
to know.

Hugh
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