different between protoscience vs photoscience

English

Alternative forms

• proto-science

Etymology

proto- +? science

Noun

protoscience (plural protosciences)

1. An unscientific field of study which later becomes a science (e.g. astrology becoming astronomy and alchemy becoming chemistry).
2. A field of study at the initial phase of the scientific method, involving information gathering and hypothesis formulation, but is not yet falsifiable, or if it is, its predictions have not yet been observed.
   • 2008, Donald M. Hassler, Clyde Wilcox, New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction - Page 8:

     However, observation alone is not "modern" science; simple observation leads to "proto-science." Proto-science accepts observations without question or verification.

Related terms

• protoscientific

Synonyms

• ur-science

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• enteroscopic

English

Etymology

photo- +? science

Noun

photoscience (countable and uncountable, plural photosciences)

1. Any branch of physics, chemistry or biology concerned with the actions of light.
2. The science of photography.