When the word science is uttered in a conversation most people tend to Science is defined in Leonard Brand’s book Faith, Reason, and Earth History as, “the search for truth through repeated experiment and observation.” With that in mind the area of science I am mainly going to focus on is geology. Geology includes the study of minerals, natural earth processes, as well as fossils. The third and final topic I am also going to address the topic of faith. The end goal is to fully lay out how I personally believe science, geology and faith should correspond with each other. When I think of the word science the first thing that comes to mind is the scientific method. The scientific process starts with formulating a hypothesis, testing
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Another word for these developments are crisis’. If we go back to the example of the geocentric solar system we can get a better understanding as to how a paradigm shift occurs. When the heliocentric system was proposed, during that time, “the vastly more reasonable geocentric system had no needs that a heliocentric system might even conceivably have fulfilled” (Kuhn 1962, pg.75). Ultimately, a paradigm is upheld as long as it is supported by what is seen in the data. If a paradigm is widely accepted even though it has some holes here and there, because science is progressive, eventually over time the paradigm will either change slightly or be replaced with another paradigm all together. The study of geology has a couple of different paradigms, but the one that is currently widely accepted is the old Earth …show more content…
When working in the field of geology I will inevitably come across individuals with completely different views than my own. I believe it is important to maintain a certain level of respect for both the individual and their ideas. Like I said a few paragraphs back, just because the information came from a source that I do not necessarily agree with, it does not mean the information is useless. A good example of this is the teachings of Michael Behe in his book Darwin’s Black Box. Behe himself is not a Christian, but his theories and logic behind his intelligent design argument are well supported. Just because I do not fully agree with Behe does not mean his work is useless to my
Another word for these developments are crisis’. If we go back to the example of the geocentric solar system we can get a better understanding as to how a paradigm shift occurs. When the heliocentric system was proposed, during that time, “the vastly more reasonable geocentric system had no needs that a heliocentric system might even conceivably have fulfilled” (Kuhn 1962, pg.75). Ultimately, a paradigm is upheld as long as it is supported by what is seen in the data. If a paradigm is widely accepted even though it has some holes here and there, because science is progressive, eventually over time the paradigm will either change slightly or be replaced with another paradigm all together. The study of geology has a couple of different paradigms, but the one that is currently widely accepted is the old Earth …show more content…
When working in the field of geology I will inevitably come across individuals with completely different views than my own. I believe it is important to maintain a certain level of respect for both the individual and their ideas. Like I said a few paragraphs back, just because the information came from a source that I do not necessarily agree with, it does not mean the information is useless. A good example of this is the teachings of Michael Behe in his book Darwin’s Black Box. Behe himself is not a Christian, but his theories and logic behind his intelligent design argument are well supported. Just because I do not fully agree with Behe does not mean his work is useless to my