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Scientific ‘Laws’, ‘Hypotheses’ and ‘Theories’

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Some commonly held erroneous notions about the terms laws, hypotheses and theories are pointed out with specific examples from different branches of science.

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  1. H E Cunningham.Text Book of Logic. Macmillan, New York.

  2. John Stuart Mill.System of Logic. Chapter on ‘Hypothesis’.

  3. James Welton.A Manual of Logic. University Tutorial Press, Vol. II.

  4. F W Westaway.Scientific Method. Blackie & Son.

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  1. ‘Maithri’, 12th Main Saraswathipura, 570009, Mysore, India

    J. R. Lakshmana Rao

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Rao, J.R.L. Scientific ‘Laws’, ‘Hypotheses’ and ‘Theories’. Reson 3, 55–61 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02838098

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