Finding an alternative to the scientific method depends on you deciding what you want out of a method. You will never find a better tool than the scientific method at it's game. However, if that game is not what you really want it to be, there are alternatives. read more
Lets assume that the scientific method requires some mixture of getting facts, logic, and testing (data collection, reason, and experimentation). For most questions, the answer is no; the scientific method is always the best method. But there are questions that cannot be answered through that way. Morals is the classic example. read more
Finding an alternative to the scientific method depends on you deciding what you want out of a method. You will never find a better tool than the scientific method at it's game. However, if that game is not what you really want it to be, there are alternatives. read more
I) The classical scientific method, dating back to Bacon. (This is the same Mr. Bacon that some people claim wrote Shakespeare.) A) Invent hypotheses. B) Design experiments that should turn out different ways, depending on whether your theory is correct. read more