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From Research Methods in Social Sciences: The scientific method and hypotheses · Ways of Knowing and Falsifiability

Why does science combine reasoning with observation instead of relying on one alone?

  1. Logic generates predictions that observation then tests
  2. Observation alone can prove a theory true
  3. Reason alone can settle questions about the world
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Answer: Logic generates predictions that observation then tests

Theories are reasoned into specific predictions, and observations check whether those predictions hold; each covers the other's weakness.

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