Basics
Hypothesis and Theory
Hypothesis and Theory
Hypothesis and Theory
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Once we have summarized experimental and observational results, we can
form a hypothesis -
a tentative guess - about how the world
works. When confronted with a new phenomenon, scientists often weigh
several different hypotheses at once, much as a detective in a murder
mystery may consider several different suspects.
The word theory refers to a description of the world that covers a relatively large number of phenomena and has melt many observational and experimental tests. |
Ch. Elster