Heroic Science and Scientists
Heroic Scientists
Copernicus or Aristarchus
Not Bold
No New Observable Appearances
No Feasable Experiment
Postulated a hitherto unknown hidden reality
Clashed with aaccepted views
Einstein
Theory of Gravitation
Different Observable Effects
Excellent Approximation
Bold
Newton
Kepler
Three Laws of Motion
But, not True
Approximations
Galileo
Heroic Science
Demarcation
Severe Attempts at "Refutation"
Empirical Tests
Critical Discussions
Bold Ideas
Have Great Risk of being False
Daring
New
Karl Popper
Theory of Falsification
Most important philosopher of Science in the 20th century