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Experimental reproducibility is a fundamental tenet of the scientific method, rooted in logical positivism and verificationism, defining truth through unbiased, reproducible experience.
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Discusses the philosophical underpinnings of experimental reproducibility in science.
Experimental reproducibility is the coin of the scientific realm. The extent to which measurements or observations agree when performed by different individuals defines this important tenet of the scientific method. The formal essence of experimental reproducibility was born of the philosophy of logical positivism or logical empiricism, which purports to gain knowledge of the world through the use of formal logic linked to observation (1). A key principle of logical positivism is verificationism, which holds that every truth is verifiable by experience. In this rational context, truth is defined by reproducible experience, and unbiased scientific observation and determinism are its underpinnings.
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Joseph Loscalzo (2012) reported an editorial. Experimental reproducibility is a fundamental tenet of the scientific method, rooted in logical positivism and verificationism, defining truth through unbiased, reproducible experience.
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