Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word a-scientific.

Examples

  • X-utility is a formal concept which in its pure form is a-scientific logic because it has no substantive content and hence is un-empirical.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • X-utility is a formal concept which in its pure form is a-scientific logic because it has no substantive content and hence is un-empirical.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • Why did the IPCC included a non peer reviewed paper on cost impact of their unproven a-scientific theory of AGW; that was published BEFORE the report stating there was NO STATISTICAL link?

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Statements such as “it’s wrong [empirically] but done very elegantly [mathematically]” ought not to be seen as compliments; they suggest that neoclassical theorems have become a-scientific, logical perhaps but not empirically true.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • Statements such as “it’s wrong [empirically] but done very elegantly [mathematically]” ought not to be seen as compliments; they suggest that neoclassical theorems have become a-scientific, logical perhaps but not empirically true.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.