In the philosophy of science, there are three terms which are
used to describe three different related notions. In both Polish
(pl) and German (de), these three terms are unique such that
there is no risk of equivocation. Briefly: - metoda (pl);
Methode (de) an ordered sequence of actions chosen to
economically and efficiently achieve a desired end - metodyka
(pl); Methodik (de) a set of methods chosen for the purpose of
achieving a common end or related ends (e.g. the cluster of
methods used in molecular biology) - metodologia (pl);
Methodologie (de) the science whose proper objects of study are
the previous two In English, metoda is method, while both
metodyka and metodologia are methodology. In English, we have
the word methodic, but this is an adjective, and if I were to
invent a word such as methodics or the noun form methodic, it
would appear, given the Greek etymology of similar terms
(concerning the -ikos ending, e.g. mathematikos, logikos,
physikos) and the meanings of words with similar endings in E