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Homo artefaciens
Author(s) -
Kováč Ladislav
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2013.66
Subject(s) - acknowledgement , doctrine , epistemology , environmental ethics , philosophy , natural (archaeology) , positive economics , economics , biology , computer science , theology , paleontology , computer security
Karl Popper's doctrine of empirical falsification has influenced many natural scientists, even though it denies the role of inductive reasoning. In reality, however, scientific progress can only come from objective measurements and the acknowledgement of the uncertainty of our models of the world.