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| + | '''Experimental science''' is science based on [[experiment|experimental research]] that plays the role of testing [[hypothesis]], typically in controlled laboratory settings. The hypothesis investigated in classical experimental science postulate regularities among event-types. These regularities may be statistical, as in quantum mechanics, and they may or may not be causal. Experimental scientist are interested in testing functional regularities (e.g. the Boyle-Charles's law for ideal gases), as well as causal regularities. | ||
| + | A test condition C is inferred from the hypothesis and a prediction is made about what should happen if C is realized. This forms the basis for a series of controlled experiments.<ref name="Cleland">{{Cite journal | ||
| + | | author=Cleland, C.E. | ||
| + | | title=Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science | ||
| + | | journal=Philosophy of Science | ||
| + | | volume=69 | ||
| + | | month=September | year=2002 |page=480, 495 | pages=474–496 | ||
| + | | format=PDF | ||
| + | | url=http://spot.colorado.edu/~cleland/articles/Cleland.PS.Pdf | ||
| + | | accessdate = 25.1.2012 | ||
| + | |quote= | ||
| + | }}</ref> | ||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | {{Reflist}} | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Empirical science]] | ||
| + | *[[Historical science]] | ||
| + | *[[Operation science]] | ||
| + | *[[Origin science]] | ||
| + | *[[Paleoscience]] | ||
| + | [[category:science]] | ||
| + | [[category:scientific disciplines]] | ||
| + | [[category:Methodology of Science]] | ||
Revision as of 22:57, September 10, 2012
Experimental science is science based on experimental research that plays the role of testing hypothesis, typically in controlled laboratory settings. The hypothesis investigated in classical experimental science postulate regularities among event-types. These regularities may be statistical, as in quantum mechanics, and they may or may not be causal. Experimental scientist are interested in testing functional regularities (e.g. the Boyle-Charles's law for ideal gases), as well as causal regularities. A test condition C is inferred from the hypothesis and a prediction is made about what should happen if C is realized. This forms the basis for a series of controlled experiments.[1]
References
- ↑ Cleland, C.E. (September 2002). "Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science" (PDF). Philosophy of Science 69: 474–496. http://spot.colorado.edu/~cleland/articles/Cleland.PS.Pdf. Retrieved 25.1.2012.