Historical Development of Method in Science and Philosophy

  The development and growth of science is based on method. Aristotle treated this issue seriously and formulated logic. Muslim thinkers accepted the comprehensibility of his idea and during some centuries developed it and exported to the west. During the last three centuries of the Middle Ages the issue of method was followed up seriously and induction enjoyed more importance. The scientific discoveries and their impact upon the life of people multiplated the importance of induction and this trend led to the growth of an important part of science following which many scientifice and philosophical schools came to the fore. Though overlooking deduction in the west and induction and its application in the world of Islam in recent centuries harted the comprehensibility of the process of the development of science. Key words: production of science, scientific method, deduction and induction, scientific logic.