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In conventional science, a theory is proposed, and a prediction made. If the experiment is successful, the previously irresolvable resolves itself, as it moves toward the predicted equilibrium. This is the basis for controlled experiments in a laboratory or other environment controlled by the scientist. Meaning that, based on particular observations a theory is created, a prediction made using theory, and then the theory is tested to observe whether the predictions are realized.
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Waters, T. (2012). The Child Savers. In: Schooling, Childhood, and Bureaucracy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137269720_8
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