2016/05/07 by Saira Malik · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Environmental Science · Engineering · #Philosophy and History of Science #Science and Climate Studies #Philosophy of science #Hacker #Epistemology #Experimental science #Range (aeronautics) #Scientific method #Engineering ethics #Management science #Computer science #Philosophy #Engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10838-016-9335-y
openalex publication_date 2016/05/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Observation and experiment as categories for analysing scientific practice have a long pedigree in writings on science. There has, however, been little attempt to delineate observation and experiment with respect to analysing scientific practice; in particular, scientific experimentation, in a systematic manner. Someone who has presented a systematic account of observation and experiment as categories for analysing scientific experimentation is Ian Hacking. In this paper, I present a detailed analysis of Hacking’s observation versus experiment account. Using a range of cases from various fields of scientific enquiry, I argue that the observation versus experiment account is not an adequate framework for delineating scientific experimentation in a systematic manner.