Abstract: This study explores some theoretical issues in scientific research such as, the nature
of experimentation and problems of methodology in scientific practice as well as the question
of truth, rationality, objectivity and utility of scientific discoveries. The paper discusses a
number of theorizing that have emerged in response to the challenge raised by the above
concerns. Epistemological models of science from critical rationalists, like Popper, Kuhn,
Feyerabend and the neo-pragmatic m…
Read moreAbstract: This study explores some theoretical issues in scientific research such as, the nature
of experimentation and problems of methodology in scientific practice as well as the question
of truth, rationality, objectivity and utility of scientific discoveries. The paper discusses a
number of theorizing that have emerged in response to the challenge raised by the above
concerns. Epistemological models of science from critical rationalists, like Popper, Kuhn,
Feyerabend and the neo-pragmatic methodological orientation of Arthur Fine’s Natural
Ontological Attitude (NOA) to Science, have been adopted as points of discussion on what
science as an empirical discipline entail. The paper concludes that a rigorous epistemological
discussion on the methodology of scientific inquiry is a desideratum for the progress of science.
