Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51169#.VFgp32fHRK0 Author(s) Amanda Guillan Affiliation(s) Department of Humanities, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain . ABSTRACT A key issue regarding the reliability of scientific prediction is uncertainty, which also affects its possibility as scientific knowledge. Thus, uncertainty is directly related to the epistemological limits of prediction in science. Within this context, this paper considers the obstacles to scientific predictions that are related to uncertainty. The analysis is made according to the twofold character of the limits of science, which is characterized in terms of the “barriers” and the “confin...
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