My book threads are more personal notes and impressions than systematic reviews. I just highlight what stands out to me and what it makes me think of. It's personal, subjective, perhaps a bit inaccurate, and definitely incomplete. But if an idea intrigues you, maybe it'll make you read the book too!
I always think it's very strange when scientists talk about the superiority of science over philosophy when the scientific method itself is a philosophical construct, no more resilient or immune to criticism than any other.
buying a copy to book club with a friend!
Thanks a lot for making this thread, as a person interested in philosophy of imagination and education it's extremely fascinating to see how the early construction of scientific methods was not a rigid endeavour but afforded plenty of imagination
I'm curious if you have read the Knowledge Machine and if so, what you think of it
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I remember reading this review of the book a while back https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/07/02/just-use-your-thinking-pump/
What is the scientific method, and when, where, and how did it become, as the kids say, a thing? Authoritative definitions of “the scientific method” often state that it consists of a set of proce...
Ok this is already speaking to my heart!
My PhD student Federica Bocchi & I also wrote a review of the book. There's a preprint on my webpage: https://bokulichorg.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/cowlesbybocchibokulich-preprint.pdf
Interesting, thanks for sharing! I would say that on the whole, science is very process-driven. Although often one will reformulate what they are working on to fit into a hypothesis statement for an NIH or NSF proposal, which can be helpful in ways, we aren't constantly in that frame of mind.