Methodology Match
RESEARCH TRADITION  Expansion

Scientific

A ready-made pairing.

The Scientific card

One natural world, known by measuring it. Test hypotheses and report findings that others can replicate.

Fills both slots

Naturalism + Positivist Epistemology

Key thinkers: Auguste Comte, Karl Popper, Carl Hempel

The longer story

The scientific tradition seeks generalisable knowledge through systematic observation, measurement, and hypothesis testing. It's unfashionable in some arts contexts, but if you want to know whether something actually works—not just how it feels—this is the toolkit.

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