Evolving Methods of Science

A closer look at the course followed by developing theory reveals for a start that it is by no means as continuous as one might expect, but full of breaks and at least apparently not along the shortest logical path. Certain methods often afforded the most handsome results only the other day, and many might well have thought that the development of science to infinity would consist in no more than their constant application. Instead, on the contrary, they suddenly reveal themselves as exhausted and the attempt is made to find other quite disparate methods. In that event there may develop a struggle between the followers of the old methods and those of the newer ones. The former's point of view will be termed by their opponents as out-dated and outworn, while its holders in turn belittle the innovators as corrupters of true classical science.

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Science does not progress smoothly through the constant application of a single method, but the methods change and there is conflict between generations.

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Theoretical physics and philosophical problems

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Boltzmann , Ludwig (1974), Theoretical physics and philosophical problems, Springer, Retrieved on 2012-01-19

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