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metascience

n. (context science English) The study of the scientific method and of the philosophy of science

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Metascience

Metascience can refer to:

  • Science and technology studies
  • Science of science policy
  • Metaphysics
  • Metageography
  • any other set of thought through which people order their knowledge (such as Phenomenology);
  • a scientific review journal called Metascience (journal).

Usage examples of "metascience".

What happened here was different, a kind of metascience, one might say, which coordinated scientific activities, or connected them to other human action, or funded them.