by Rune Storetvedt | Nov 11, 2023 | Articles, front1, Self-published
During my years as a student at Bergen University (1957-1962) my view of science was a very simplistic one – basically stripped of all non-professional interference. I believed scientific theories were products of meticulous observation and careful experiment –...
by Rune Storetvedt | Oct 31, 2023 | Articles, NCGT, Ukategorisert
DISCUSSION “[A well-trained rationalist] will obey the mental image of his master, he will conform to the standards of argumentation he has learned, he will adhere to these standards no matter how great the confusion in which he finds himself, and he will be quite...
by Rune Storetvedt | Oct 31, 2023 | Articles, NCGT
“Nearly all scientific research leads nowhere” – Nobel Laureate Peter Medawar (1969, p. 31) The Ideal versus the Real When I was a student and, subsequently, a young researcher, I thought of science as the epitome of reason and rationality – removed from human error...
by Rune Storetvedt | Oct 31, 2023 | Articles, NCGT
A Personal History of the Remagnetization Debate “Neither science nor rationality are universal measures of excellence. They are particular traditions, unaware of their historical grounding”. Paul Feyerabend, in: Against Method (1988, p. 231) “Nearly all scientific...
