metascientific

adj

metascientific

adj

Etymology From meta- + scientific.

1

Concerning the science of science; relating to metascience.

Discovery is not in itself a scientific idea but rather an idea that is foundational for science: we might call it a metascientific idea.2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin, published 2016, page 103:

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