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1. Science is a collection of facts that tell us what we know about the world. 2. A scientific theory is one that has been proven. 3. “The sun revolves around the earth” is not a scientific statement. 4. If my theory is correct, then I should observe that rich countries are more likely to be democracies.
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- (iii) The US Supreme Court (1993) in Daubert v. Merrell
- What is non-Science?
- V. What are alternatives to Science?
- What are appropriate attitudes toward Science?
“Science is not an encyclopedic body of knowledge about the universe. Instead, it represents a process for proposing and refining theoretical explanations about the world that are subject to further testing and refinement. But, in order to qualify as ‘scientific knowledge,’ an inference or assertion must be derived by the scientific method. Propose...
Apart from science, which we have already distinguished from Science, all other human activities belong to what we call “non-Science”. This is the domain of art, literature, philosophy, politics, business, technology, medicine and of course, religion. The common characteristic of these diverse domains is the link to individuals or communities that ...
For questions that have or might have a universal answer the alternative to Science is not the various forms of non-Science, but rather ignorance, which in some measure is a component of each and every part of Science (see 2.4 above). For questions that have little or no expectation of possessing a universal answer the alternative, as we have said,...
Since Science does not require belief and its tenets are not owned by any individual or group, it should be viewed as a natural phenomenon, akin to Niagara Falls, say, just not a material object. One does not argue with or contest Niagara Falls, one observes, admires or fears it and one might attempt to harness it for human benefit. In our view the...
- P C Hohenberg
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Science is a way of discovering what’s in the universe and how those things work today, how they worked in the past, and how they are like-ly to work in the future. Scientists are motivated by the thrill of seeing or figuring out something that no one has before. • Science is useful.
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following definition: SCIENCE is the systematic observation, creation, analysis, and modeling of patterns which exist in the physical universe. Note that this formulation of What is Science? provides a resolution to the issue of why mathematics is the language of SCIENCE. The argument is this: if mathematics
the definition of science was given by the philosopher of science, Ernest Nagel, who points out that even without the scientist's deliberate control of properties or factors, observational investigations identical in logical function with controlled experiments are possible, and can carry as much conviction. (1) Chapter 4 of this
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This definition centers on research, or R&D. This paper examines the official definition of science, and its construction, over the period 1920-2000. The definition of science as research owes much of its origin to statistics.
Nov 10, 2022 · Introduction. Science as understood and practiced is the process of learning about Nature through observing and questioning events happening around us. In this chapter, starting with the definition of science, we will consider the early beginnings and purpose of science.
