The term Protociencia is used to refer or describe a hypothesis in which an investigation is proposed, which if it is demonstrated or verified, would become of great importance in the scientific field.
There are differences between proto-science with respect to science and that is precisely, proto-science is a philosophical aspect of science, that is why what it raises has not been completely proven or denied, however, it lacks strong foundations, empirical evidence or demonstrations to enable its transformation as an unquestionable fact.
At present there are several cases of proto-science, among the most famous are: string theory, this indicates the existence of different dimensions and complies with the scientific method, but its approach requires the existence of other realities that currently has not been possible. verify, that is why it remains a proto-science.
One of the most famous proto-science is astrobiology, which consists of the study of possible extraterrestrial life forms that are not based on carbon or that are sustained by elements other than this, known or not known to humans. The peculiarity of this is that it is based on theoretical speculations that it could be true. It is not intended to demonstrate the existence of these unknown life forms, but rather their possibility of existing.
Proto-science is often highly speculative, as it is distinguished from pseudoscience by its adherence to the scientific method and the many established practices of science. In addition, to be refuted by new evidence in the event that it appears or supplanted by a more credible theory.
It is worth noting that some proto-sciences progress to be an accepted part of established science. While others fail in their consolidation or become pseudoscientific when their followers insist despite lacking scientific evidence to support their views.
Thomas Kuhn, was the philosopher, the first of them who used this word during an essay, which was published for the first time in 1970. Some sciences began as branches of philosophy, such as mathematics, natural philosophy, economics, psychology, sociology and are now proven individual sciences.
