The SOCRATIC EMPERICAL METHOD - SEM

How at his trial did Socrates explain that the Oracle of Delphi had said he was the wisest in Athens? By pointing out that unlike others in Athens at the time, he did not claim to know that which he knew not.

SEM embraces Scientific Method but with the proviso that scientists have to remain impartial and look sincerely for ways of falsifying their legitimate conclusions.

Through distinct channels more of the ancient Grecian writings were revealed to scholars during and after the Crusades. Dr Stephen Meyer in his work 'The Return of the God Hypothesis' details how the Bishop of Lyon in 13th Century insisted that rationality is derived from God and not Man. Therefore, there is 'Contingent Rationality' because God decides what that is and Him alone. This is complimented by Intelligibilty and Fallability: Man has the faculty to understand this rationality but is prone to error in doing so.

It is never the case that a theory cannot be challenged. Neither is true that there can only be one theory. If all of the available evidence demonstrates that the Earth goes around the Sun and that cannot be falsified; then it stands. Similarly, if evidence shows that the Sun goes around the earth while the planets go around the Sun, without falsification, this stands too.