as a System (and/or Process? [1]) for accumulating knowledge elifesciences 
An important feature of this system is Replication. A scientific claim is said to be replicable if it is supported by new data.
Science is the use of a skeptical method and observation, whose purpose is to avoid misleading ourselves. It is primarily a method for dealing with our mental deficiencies. Alan Kay.
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[1] RHEINBERGER, Von Hans-Jörg, 2011. Historische Epistemologie. pdf
RHEINBERGER, Hans-Jörg, 2022. Historische Epistemologie zur Einführung. 4., korr. Aufl. Hamburg: Junius. Zur Einführung, 336. ISBN 978-3-88506-636-1
The stand in for facts. Demonstrable facts. Reusable reliable facts.