Use data to develop theories through induction. Using theories, we deduce hypotheses about what should happen. Collect data to test hypotheses. If predictions confirmed, the theory is strengthened. Use data to revise the theory.
Science is cold, impersonal, rational, and cumulative.
A theory must be potentially falsifiable. Because of the power of inconsistent evidence in disproving theories, many pseudo-sciences try to make themselves immune from inconsistent evidence. By discounting or ignoring any inconsistent evidence, they avoid the problem altogether. The predictions derived from such a theory may be wrong, of course, but this is a strength, not a weakness. Traditional view of Science rational cumulative dehumanized cooperative Kuhnian view of Science dogmatic revolutionary social competitive Kuhnian View Paradigm Science takes place in a particular sort of tradition - called the paradigm .