Epistemological Distinctions Between Science and History
General Physics
2008-04-01 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
This article describes epistemological distinctions between science and history. Science investigates models of natural law using repeatable experiments as the ultimate arbiter. In contrast, history investigates past events by considering physical evidence, documentary evidence, and eyewitness testimony. Because questions of natural law are repeatably testable by any audience that exercises due experimental care, models of natural law are inherently more objective and testable with greater certainty than theories of past events.
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@article{arxiv.0803.4245,
title = {Epistemological Distinctions Between Science and History},
author = {Michael Courtney and Amy Courtney},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.4245},
year = {2008}
}
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three pages