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In: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 15, 1985, 1, p. 15-26 |
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SAGE Publications
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 15-26 |
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ISSN: |
1541-3780
0047-2816 |
DOI: | 10.2190/hyjp-616y-f9mk-5er0 |
published in: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication |
Language: | English |
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Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> The experimental paper is conventionally organized into four sections: Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion. Why these particular sections? Why this particular order? My answer is that the experimental paper is an instantiation of a myth that induction is philosophically unproblematic, that it can lead unproblematically to reliable knowledge about the natural world. Because induction as a path to reliable knowledge is, in fact, problematic, scientists need to retain this myth to continue to do science undeterred by doubts concerning the value of their task. </jats:p> |