%0 Journal Article
%T Rethinking the scientific enterprise: in defense of reductionism
%A Ian T. Durham
%J Physics
%D 2013
%I arXiv
%X In this essay, I argue that modern science is not the dichotomous pairing of theory and experiment that it is typically presented as, and I offer an alternative paradigm defined by its functions as a human endeavor. I also demonstrate how certain scientific debates, such as the debate over the nature of the quantum state, can be partially resolved by this new paradigm.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0366v1