Re: scientific method(s), was PSEDO-SCIENCE

[Ludwik Kowalski <KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>]

The main point of Glenn's last message was that science deals
with the "true nature" while mathematics deals with the "man-
made" world. "Observations", "deductive testing" and  "etc."
imply many ways of discovering things. I see no discrepancy
between what he wrote and what John is saying below.

My question is --> why "dealing with man-made logical
structures" should be a disqualification". Mathematics can
be called science if the definition of science is based on
methodology rather than on what is being investigated.
Science is broader than natural science.

John Denker wrote:

> At 01:55 PM 2/27/00 -0600, Glenn A. Carlson wrote in part:
>  >
> > The scientific method is a process by which we describe the true
> > nature of the universe (whatever "true" means, and whatever "universe"
> > means) through a process of observation, statement of a falsifiable
> > hypothesis, deductive testing of the hypothesis by experimentation,
> > etc.
>
> The process just described is "a" process.  It's certainly not exclusively
> "the" process by which we learn what's going on in the universe. .....