I've heard it asserted that science is progressive, that it builds upon itself, on previous fact.
Is it?
Is it more similar to Phyletic gradualism or Punctuated equilibrium?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyletic_gradualism
Do successive generations of fact/theory build upon previous fact, or does it work by "jumping to another conclusion"?
ps not speaking to evolution but using these as possible metaphors of scientific progress
Is it?
Is it more similar to Phyletic gradualism or Punctuated equilibrium?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyletic_gradualism
Do successive generations of fact/theory build upon previous fact, or does it work by "jumping to another conclusion"?
ps not speaking to evolution but using these as possible metaphors of scientific progress
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