The impossibility of dealing with an idea in this domain in isolation leads to underdetermination in a problem first put forth by Pierre Duhem.
Bas van Fraassen's version of anti-realism about this domain is called "constructive empiricism." Another model of this domain involves a negative heuristic that forbids changing the "hard core" and a positive heuristic that revises the "protective belt." The impossibility of dealing with an idea in this domain in isolation leads to underdetermination in a problem first put forth by Pierre Duhem. Epistemological anarchism, the rejection of (*) rules for this activity, was put forth by Paul Feyerabend in opposition to Imre Lakatos. The issue of distinguishing this domain from other activities makes up the "demarcation problem," which Karl Popper addressed with the concept of falsifiability. Thomas Kuhn claimed that this domain experiences paradigm shifts during "revolutions." For 10 points, making a hypothesis is a step of the "method" of what activity?
Bas van Fraassen's version of anti-realism about this domain is called "constructive empiricism."
science [or scientific research; or the scientific method; prompt on research or method or similar]