The scientific method is incomplete
ORAL
Abstract
The scientific method—fact-finding, explanation-finding, and generalizing to new facts to test explanation—has long been thought to be a full enumeration of the basic steps that advance scientific knowledge. In fact, it is not a full enumeration. Scientific and technological knowledge are intimately interconnected and advance together, not independently. In this talk, we discuss how the combination of TWO methods—one scientific and one engineering—is necessary for a full enumeration of the basic steps that advance the whole of scientific and technological knowledge. We also discuss some implications of this new enumeration on the emerging use of AI to advance scientific and technological knowledge.
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Publication: Narayanamurti, V., & Tsao, J. Y. (2024). How technoscientific knowledge advances: A Bell-Labs-inspired architecture. Research Policy, 53(4), 104983.<br>Narayanamurti, V., & Tsao, J. Y. (2021). The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions: Rethinking the Nature and Nurture of Research: Harvard University Press.
Presenters
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Jeff Y Tsao
Sandia National Laboratories
Authors
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Jeff Y Tsao
Sandia National Laboratories