TY - GEN
T1 - FORM OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PAPER
T2 - A REALIZATION OF THE MYTH OF INDUCTION.
AU - Gross, Alan G.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - The experimental paper is conventionally organized into four sections: Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion. Why these particular sections? Why this particular order? The author's answer is that the experimental paper is an instantiation of a myth that induction is philosophically unproblematic, that it can lead unproblematically to reliable knowledge about the natural world. Because induction as a path to reliable knowledge is, in fact, problematic, scientists need to retain this myth to continue to do science undeterred by doubts concerning the value of their task.
AB - The experimental paper is conventionally organized into four sections: Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion. Why these particular sections? Why this particular order? The author's answer is that the experimental paper is an instantiation of a myth that induction is philosophically unproblematic, that it can lead unproblematically to reliable knowledge about the natural world. Because induction as a path to reliable knowledge is, in fact, problematic, scientists need to retain this myth to continue to do science undeterred by doubts concerning the value of their task.
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U2 - 10.2190/HYJP-616Y-F9MK-5ER0
DO - 10.2190/HYJP-616Y-F9MK-5ER0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0021785116
SN - 0047-2816
VL - 15
SP - 15
EP - 26
JO - Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
JF - Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
ER -