Scientific method Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === The canonical method === The early version of the canonical "sequence" of elements was first formulated in the 19th century. A sea voyage from America to Europe afforded [[C. S. Peirce]] the distance to clarify his ideas, gradually resulting in the [[hypothetico-deductive model]].{{sfnp|Godfrey-Smith|2003|p=236}} Formulated in the 20th century, the model has undergone significant revision since first proposed. The term "scientific method" emerged in the 19th century, as a result of significant institutional development of science, and terminologies establishing clear [[Demarcation problem|boundaries]] between science and non-science, such as "scientist" and "pseudoscience", appearing.{{sfnp|Thurs|2011}} Throughout the 1830s and 1850s, when Baconianism was popular, naturalists like William Whewell, John Herschel, John Stuart Mill engaged in debates over "induction" and "facts" and were focused on how to generate knowledge.{{sfnp|Thurs|2011}} In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a debate over [[Philosophical realism|realism]] vs. [[antirealism]] was conducted as powerful scientific theories extended beyond the realm of the observable.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last=Achinstein |first= Peter |chapter=General Introduction |pages=1β5 |title=Science Rules: A Historical Introduction to Scientific Methods |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |date=2004 |isbn=978-0-8018-7943-2}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page