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Aspects of Science

Aspects of Science. 1 The body of all evidence-based knowledge of the way the Universe works. 2 The application of that knowledge - Technology. 3 The ways in which this knowledge was actually uncovered – The Scientific Method. Before Science became so useful it had another name.

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Aspects of Science

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  1. Aspects of Science 1 The body of all evidence-based knowledge of the way the Universe works 2 The application of that knowledge - Technology 3 The ways in which this knowledge was actually uncovered – The Scientific Method

  2. Before Science became so useful it had another name Natural Philosophy And its most important attribute has been forgotten

  3. The Most Important Attribute is: It is analytical construct to decide whether something is actually TRUE with a significant degree of reliability. …and the ethical purpose of education must involve the teaching of young people how they can decide what they are being told is actually TRUE. Thus the teaching of a skeptical, evidence-based assessment of ALL claims without exception is an Intellectual Integrity issue for all teachers

  4. Let’s invert this: The complete set of constructs to decide whether something is actually TRUE with a significant degree of reliability… defines Natural Philosophy completely

  5. We must ask: 1) How do I know what your telling me is true? 2) Where is the evidence? 3) Why are you telling me this? 4) Do you have an ulterior motive – are you disinterested? 5) Who told you this? 6) Why should I believe you?

  6. Don't accept what authority tells you (unquestioningly) Carl Sagan (HK)

  7. without evidence anything goes! Think about it!

  8. However, because Science has been so useful, the most important contribution to society has been forgotten Many people, in particular politicians, think that only research that results in money should be carried out

  9. The Most Important Aspect of Natural Philosophy: It is the complete set of philosophical constructs we have devised to determine whether something is TRUE with a significant degree of reliability. …and the ethical purpose of education must involve the teaching of young people how they can decide what they are being told is actually TRUE. Thus the teaching, as a fundamental process, of a skeptical, evidence-based assessment of ALL claims without exception is surely an Intellectual Integrity issue which all teachers should address.

  10. Before Science became so useful it had another name Natural Philosophy

  11. 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

  12. 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

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

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

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