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...ge. And the growth of knowledge can be studied best by studying the growth of scientific knowledge."{{sfn|Popper|1959|p=xix}} * {{slink|Evolutionary epistemology#Growth of knowledge}} ...

...ical and often not practiced, and found normal science—where a paradigm of science, mimicking an exemplar, extinguishes differing perspectives—more [[monopoly ...orroborating such is ''empirical progress'', always refusing falsification of the research program's hard core.<ref name=Bechtel/> A research program mig ...

{{short description|Something that exists in some identified universe of discourse}} {{about|the broad concept of an entity}} ...

..._of_Life.pdf Technologies as Forms of Life]". ''Readings in the Philosophy of Technology''. David M. Kaplan. Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, {{ISBN|9 ...omnambulism".<ref>McLuhan, Marshall. ''Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man''. New York: McGraw Hill, 1964.</ref> Given that this piece by McLuhan ...

...ck|title=The Objective Viewpoint: A Nietzschean Account|journal=History of Philosophy Quarterly|volume=13|number=4|year=1996|pages=483–502|jstor=27744724}}</ref> ...our own thoughts. [[Descartes]] is the paradigmatic proponent of such kind of view (even though "privileged access" is an anachronic label for his thesis ...

{{distinguish|Critique of technology}} {{short description|Branch of critical theory}} ...

'''List of unsolved problems''' may refer to several notable [[List of conjectures|conjectures]] or [[open problem]]s in various academic fields: * [[List of unsolved problems in astronomy|Unsolved problems in astronomy]] ...

...sophy of Technology: The Technological Condition - An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last=Scharff |editor2-first=Val {{Philosophy topics}} ...

...ournal=Science|language=en|volume=331|issue=6018|pages=721–725|doi=10.1126/science.1201765|issn=0036-8075}}</ref> ...owledge.<ref name="Burgin2016">{{cite book|author=Mark Burgin|title=Theory Of Knowledge: Structures And Processes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F ...

{{Short description|Used to describe characteristics of a phenomenon being studied}} ...natory research]]. For example, over time the periodic table's description of the elements allowed scientists to explain chemical reaction and make sound ...

{{Short description|Series of activities}} A '''process''' is a series or set of [[Action (philosophy)|activities]] that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or ...

{{short description|Philosophical term referring to systems of understanding (i.e. knowledge)}} ...s knowledge or understanding. The term ''[[epistemology]]'' (the branch of philosophy concerning knowledge) is derived from {{transliteration|grc|episteme}}. ...

{{Short description|Studies of the nature of technology}} ...of technology''' is a sub-field of [[philosophy]] that studies the nature of [[technology]] and its social effects. ...

{{short description|Concept of personal perspective in philosophy}} ...Unabridged |publisher=[[Random House Inc.]]}}</ref> This figurative usage of the expression dates back to 1730.<ref name=“dict”></ref> ...

{{Short description|Proposition in philosophy of mind}} ...>{{cite journal |last=McGinn |first=Colin |year=1994 |title=The Problem of Philosophy |url=http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/consciousness97/papers/Prob ...

{{short description|Area of study that is not scientific}} ...an provide insights into the role military leadership plays in the outcome of conflicts.}}</ref> ...

{{short description|State of puzzlement or expression of doubt, in philosophy and rhetoric}} ...s a conundrum or state of puzzlement. In [[rhetoric]], it is a declaration of doubt, made for rhetorical purpose and often feigned. ...

...speech, an '''instant''' has been defined as "a point or very short space of time," a notion deriving from its etymological source, the Latin verb ''ins ...uded by stating that ''instantaneous'' is, with respect to the measurement of time, mutually exclusive.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stafford |first=John Willia ...

{{short description|Active acquisition of information from a primary source}} ...be [[qualitative property|qualitative]], that is, the absence or presence of a property is noted and the observed phenomenon described, or [[quantitativ ...

{{Short description|Philosophical idea of things impossible to know}} ...'' know. Some related concepts include the [[halting problem]], the limits of knowledge, the unknown unknowns, and chaos theory. ...