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HumbleBeauty wrote
There is three forms of science;
3. Theoretical
4. Circumstancial
5. Scientific fact
Which do you prefer?
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A theory in the realm of science is a framework for explaining a set of facts. Facts in science are pretty easy to come by. Having an explanation for the facts that has explanatory power is just a bit more difficult.
I can't find anything referring to 'circumstantial science'. Unless, there is a word 'circumstan
cial' that I am not aware of.
There is "circumstantial evidence", that, by itself, is usually not very reliable with regards to existential claims. I mean, animists seemed to have plenty of circumstantial evidence that spirits inhabit plants, objects and natural phenomena.
In conjunction with demonstrable evidence, circumstantial evidence can make a case stronger, if it agrees with the demonstrable evidence.
For highly trained scientists, facts are easy to come by. All it takes it observation. The real work starts after the facts are accumulated.