Protoscience

Quick meaning: Protoscience is a noun meaning An unscientific or pseudoscientific field of study which later becomes or spawns a science (e.g., astrology led to astronomy, alchemy led to chemistry, and, most generally, natural philosophy led to science).

Meaning

An unscientific or pseudoscientific field of study which later becomes or spawns a science (e.g., astrology led to astronomy, alchemy led to chemistry, and, most generally, natural philosophy led to science).

More Meanings

1. A field of study at the initial phase of the scientific method, involving information gathering and hypothesis formulation, but is not yet falsifiable, or if it is, its predictions have not yet been observed.

Example Sentences

However, observation alone is not "modern" science; simple observation leads to "proto-science." Proto-science accepts observations without question or verification.

Word Forms

• protosciences
• proto-science

Synonyms for protoscience

Depending on context, synonyms include ur-science.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proto-science, scientolism, pseudoscience, parascience, quasiscience, pseudoscientism.

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