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Pure scientific research is either basic or based. Basic research is concerned with source theories, such as classical mechanics, and with basic empirical procedures, such as time measurement. The conceptual and empirical tools wrought by basic research are then worked out in based research, e. g., solid state physics, which in turn poses problems requiring further basic research, and in addition keeps applied research alive.
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Bunge, M. (1967). Introduction Foundations Research. In: Foundations of Physics. Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49287-7_1
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