M How Does Science Acquire Information?

Evidently neither deduction nor induction can account for the advancement of scientific knowledge. How, then, does it happen? The answer, given in the next chapter, is that we make observations and try to explain them. We stick with explanations that work, for as long as they work, and discard them when they don’t. It is a trial-and-error process that is remarkably effective, though never complete. It is called the Scientific Method and its chief tool is the hypothesis.

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