شواهد علمی

شواهد علمی (انگلیسی: Scientific evidence) شواهدی هستند که در جهت تأیید یا رد یک نظریه یا فرضیه علمی عمل می‌کنند.[۱] اگرچه دانشمندان از شواهد به روش‌های دیگری نیز استفاده می‌کنند؛ مانند هنگام به‌کارگیری نظریه‌ها در مسائل عملی.[۲]

منابع

  1. ↑ Taper, Mark L.; Lele, Subhash (2004). "The nature of scientific evidence: a forward-looking synthesis". In Taper, Mark L.; Lele, Subhash (eds.). The nature of scientific evidence: statistical, philosophical, and empirical considerations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 527–551 (547). doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226789583.003.0016. ISBN 0226789551. OCLC 54461920. Scientific evidence is generally taken to be anything tending to refute or confirm a hypothesis.
  2. ↑ Boyd, Nora Mills; Bogen, James (June 14, 2021). "Theory and observation in science". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. "Discussions about empirical evidence have tended to focus on epistemological questions regarding its role in theory testing ... even though empirical evidence also plays important and philosophically interesting roles in other areas including scientific discovery, the development of experimental tools and techniques, and the application of scientific theories to practical problems."