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This week, the spotlight is on the scientific method: As the world scrambles to deal with the spread of the coronavirus, scientists around the world are working hard trying to devise a vaccine.

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The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method was founded in 1946 by Sir Karl Popper and is renowned for applying philosophy in a manner that is both continuous with the sciences and ...

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