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What this sentence is actually saying is that certain mathematical methods have utility, and that their fundamental utility is in the empirical sciences. I'm not sure what a "non-empirical" science would be. Anyway, the sentence implies that the same mathematical units also have secondary,
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Some thinkers see mathematicians as scientists, regarding physical experiments as inessential or mathematical proofs as equivalent to experiments. Others do not see mathematics as a science, since it does not require experimental test of its theories and
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Article is presently in regular Peer Review process. Help is requested on the scientific specifics of the materials with a goal toward feature article status. Any help would be welcomed.
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Resting on reason and logic, such as the principle of Occam's Razor, scientific theories are formulated and the most promising theory is selected after analysing the collected evidence.
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According to empiricism, scientific theories are objective, empirically testable, and predictive — they predict empirical results that can be checked and possibly contradicted.
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