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Every scientific discipline has a concept set that is to some degree specific to the discipline. Bentley (1968) argued that for an applied discipline like forestry it is the concept set that differentiates it from other disciplines, and the possession of the concept set differentiates foresters from botanists, hydrologists, etc. It is through its concept set that a discipline’s propositions and theories are expressed. So, no valid concepts, no scientific knowledge, and no scientific knowledge, no scientific discipline.
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© 1985 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
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Leary, R.A. (1985). The Roles of Spontaneous and Induced Change in Some Forestry Concepts. In: Interaction theory in forest ecology and management. Forestry Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5151-8_4
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