[Paper Review] The Last Scientific Revolution

Andrei P. Kirilyuk|ArXiv.org|May 31, 2007

Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry77 references3 citations

TL;DR

This paper proposes a transformative reorganization of fundamental science—both in structure and content—to resolve systemic crises in physics and emerging interdisciplinary fields. By redefining scientific methodology and institutional frameworks, the author presents a unified solution to persistent problems in scientific progress, aiming to restore coherence and innovation in science through a new, integrated model of knowledge development and validation.

ABSTRACT

Critically growing problems of fundamental science organisation and content are analysed with examples from physics and emerging interdisciplinary fields. Their origin is specified and new science structure (organisation and content) is proposed as a unified solution.

Motivation & Objective

• To identify and analyze systemic problems in the organization and content of fundamental science, particularly in physics and emerging interdisciplinary domains.
• To trace the root causes of declining scientific progress and innovation in mainstream science.
• To propose a new scientific structure—both organizational and conceptual—that unifies and revitalizes fundamental research.
• To address the fragmentation and inefficiency in scientific methodology and peer review processes.
• To establish a coherent, self-consistent framework for future scientific development that transcends disciplinary and institutional silos.

Proposed method

• Analyzing historical and contemporary trends in physics and interdisciplinary science to identify recurring structural failures.
• Applying critical systems theory to diagnose institutional and methodological flaws in scientific practice.
• Proposing a new scientific paradigm based on unified principles of knowledge integration and validation.
• Reconstructing the scientific method to emphasize coherence, consistency, and long-term predictive power over short-term specialization.
• Introducing a new model of scientific organization that supports interdisciplinary synthesis and reduces institutional inertia.
• Using comparative analysis of scientific progress across fields to validate the necessity and feasibility of structural reform.

Experimental results

Research questions

• RQ1 What are the root causes of the stagnation and fragmentation in fundamental science, particularly in physics?
• RQ2 How can scientific organization and methodology be restructured to restore innovation and coherence?
• RQ3 What systemic changes are required to unify disparate scientific disciplines and improve research outcomes?
• RQ4 In what ways do current peer review and funding mechanisms hinder scientific progress?
• RQ5 Can a new, integrated scientific framework be designed to overcome existing institutional and methodological barriers?

Key findings

• The current scientific system suffers from deep structural flaws that impede progress, particularly in fundamental physics.
• The crisis in science stems not from lack of data or tools, but from institutional and methodological rigidity.
• A unified scientific structure—integrating content, methodology, and organization—is necessary to restore scientific momentum.
• The proposed framework enables consistent, long-term scientific development by resolving contradictions in existing paradigms.
• The model supports interdisciplinary coherence and reduces the risk of methodological fragmentation.
• The solution is not incremental but transformative, requiring a paradigm shift in how science is structured and validated.