1 / 22

Scientific Method

Scientific Method. Science philosophy involves itself in the methodology of science. Empirical knowledge – by observation - The Enlightenment (16-17 th C.). Empirical knowledge. When we see something many times in many different circumstances Prediction . Prediction.

teneil
Download Presentation

Scientific Method

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Scientific Method Science philosophy involves itself in the methodology of science. Empirical knowledge – by observation - The Enlightenment (16-17th C.)

  2. Empirical knowledge When we see something many times in many different circumstances Prediction

  3. Prediction Inductive reasoning (common sense) Moves from “I” to the universal “all”

  4. Problem There is no causal relationship between an event and time Hume

  5. Science cannot prove anything It can only disprove a idea Falsification

  6. Falsification We can never 100% prove something, only prove that it is false Falsification connects theory & experiment Encourages objectivity Freud’s Oedipal complex Private research & drug companies

  7. Scientific Revolutions When observation doesn’t match theory Hume Normal or progressive science

  8. Kunh (1922) Paradigm shift scientists prefer to cling to old paradigms until a new one is ready e.g. Copernican revolution Discovery of oxygen (phlogiston) Einstein's theories of relativity

  9. Don’t fit Kunh’s theory: Super conductors DNA Einstein

  10. Science Reality Scientists hold paradigms Won’t shift paradigms until there is enough evidence But who decides what’s enough?

  11. Andreas Vesalius (1514)

  12. Galen (129 – 199)

  13. Vesalius • De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). • Founder of modern human anatomy • Mocked by other doctors • Hounded by the church • In 1564 Vesalius went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land – and died.

  14. Scientific method Right? Wrong? Truth?

  15. Einstein & Newton Falsification Einstein disproved Newton’s theories Aeroplanes

  16. Right and Wrongare not scientific concepts Ideas are only limited by their context - A flat earth is fine if you’re only walking to the shops

  17. Is sciences goal to find the truth? - no, it is to be useful

  18. Dawkins vs God Scientific claims lend themselves to experiment. Thus some things are outside of science Love. Feelings. Faith. Taste. Fashion.

  19. Dawkins vs God God created the earth. God created the earth 5000 years ago.

More Related