Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2008 (64.3)
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Comments regarding "On the Nature of Science" (and B.K. Jenning's response)

Author(s)
Amy Courtney
Michael Courtney
Institution
United States Military Academy
Ballistics Testing Goup, West Point, NY
PDF
application/pdf iconJuly08-offprint-Opinion-Courtney.pdf

On the Nature of Science presents many valid points regarding the epistemology and practice of science in the 21st century, but there are several important incongruities.

Three axioms presupposed by the scientific method are realism (the existence of objective reality), the existence of observable natural laws, and the constancy of observable natural law. Rather than depend on provability of these axioms, science depends on the fact that they have not been objectively falsified. ...

NOTE:

  • The complete opinion (and B.K. Jenning's response to the comments) can be read by selecting the attached pdf file. 
  • The article "On the Nature of Science", which was published in Vol. 63(1) of Physics in Canada, can be accessed through the reference box on the right.)
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