petersuber on Nostr: New term from npub1h3km4…l3e77: "whig replication". ...
New term from npub1h3km4awvf0xd4tw78794xfjny30hmr7u46vt60u89rq9dj9kfvdq0l3e77 (npub1h3k…3e77): "whig replication".
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23998083241296444
"[We could always] view new work as…replication of [past work]…We…stand on the shoulders of giants yet build ever upwards towards a better understanding…I call this #whig #replication…by analogy to “whig history” [which] sees the present as…more…ethical or enlightened…than the past…Whig replication is…progressive…about the ability of science to…improve…but…conservative in [protecting] knowledge from direct…re-examination."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23998083241296444
"[We could always] view new work as…replication of [past work]…We…stand on the shoulders of giants yet build ever upwards towards a better understanding…I call this #whig #replication…by analogy to “whig history” [which] sees the present as…more…ethical or enlightened…than the past…Whig replication is…progressive…about the ability of science to…improve…but…conservative in [protecting] knowledge from direct…re-examination."