Standard View of Science

The Standard View of Science

1. A Foundationist Epistemology
   
2. Theories are hypothetico-deductive systems
   
3. Research is a theoretical
   
4. Emphasis on causality
   
5. Explanation equal subsumption under law​
   

The Realist View

1. Rejection of foundationist epistemology
   
2. Nature and science are stratified and non-reducible
   
3. Humean analysis of causation and lawfulness is rejected
   
4. Explanation does not equal prediction​
   

The Coherence View

1. Rejects corpuscularity
   
2. Rejects Newtonian causality
   
3. Processes and/or events constitute the one substance.​