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Aspects of Science

Explore the philosophical roots of science, the importance of evidence-based assessment, and the ethical purpose of education in this thought-provoking analysis.

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Aspects of Science

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  1. Aspects of Science 1 The body of all evidence based knowledge and understanding of the way the Physical and Natural World work 2 The application of that knowledge - Technology 3 The numerous ways in which this knowledge was actually discovered - scientific method

  2. Before Science became so useful it had another name Natural Philosophy In the perception of most people the incredible value of science to society has obscured the intrinsic philosophical nature of Natural Philosophy and its primary position in the spectrum of human intellectual achievement

  3. The Most Important Aspect by Far Natural Philosophy is the only philosophical construct we have devised to determine TRUTH with any degree of reliability …and the Ethical Purpose of Education must involve the teaching of our young people how they can decide what they are being told is TRUE Thus the teaching of skeptical, evidence-based assessment of ALL claims without exception is fundamentally an Intellectual Integrity issue

  4. without evidence anything goes! Think about it!

  5. Science • The only philosophical construct devised by mankind to determine, with any degree of reliability: What is true, might be true, can be trueand what, more importantly, cannot be true! • Truth is Universal, and does not vary from country to country or planet to planet • Truth assumes that an experiment always behaves exactly the same way and that no mystical entity tampers with the observation – iepraying will not affect the result! • Truth is thus an Intellectual Integrity issue • Thus Science Education is an Ethical issue

  6. In the teaching of the evidence based way to determine TRUTH lies the ethical reason for the conflict between Science and Dogma – political, religious and all other authority not based on evidence etc

  7. Hmmmm … a 12th man playing! Is this fair????

  8. “The Hand of God” Maradonna - Argentina vs England 1998

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