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Full Idea
There is no such thing as science; there are only sciences: physics, chemistry, meteorology, geology, biology, psychology, sociology.
Gist of Idea
There is no such thing as 'science'; there are just many different sciences
Source
John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Intro)
Book Ref
Heil,John: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Routledge 1998], p.6
A Reaction
A simple but nice point. It suggests that maybe each science has an entirely different method, and style of reasoning, experiment and explanation. Some have strict laws, others have 'ceteris paribus' laws.