1. Although the article is in interview format, Northrop Frye nonetheless advances a thesis. What is it? (1 Mark) Before the ground discussion I believed that the thesis proposed by Northrop Frye was as follows: teachers should focus on teaching students on being articulate because our current practices limit the effectiveness of language. However, an individual in my group believes that Frye was trying to prove that the humanities are the backbone of the human experience (Group discussion, Sept 7).…
Background: In the the 1400’ to the 1500’, people started to think about society, government, religion, science, art, philosophy, and trade in a secular way. This new way of thinking was called humanism and it revolved around the individual. Martin Luther was one of the first to think that an individual can understand human nature and the world through reason. The Renaissance in Western Europe is the period of time where thoughts were humanistic and began conflicting with the church.…
Science, or scientific research, is a collection of data that is recorded and then analyzed to answer a question or prove a theory. Science can be used to explain unknown phenomena or redefine a previous assumption. There are several elements of scientific research. The elements are as follows: public, objective, empirical, systematic, cumulative, predictive, and self-correcting. Together these elements create the guidelines of scientific research.…
Reason alone establishes evidence. Hume say’s that miracles violate the laws of nature; laws of nature are globally accepted to be truths. The evidence for miracles comes from witness testimony, and the…
Looking back on the modernization’s progress that we have in course of time, we can say that science is an essential element and have played a major role in building an advanced civilization as it is nowadays. Nowadays, we can see that lot of invention and scientific finding that are beneficial towards society. Of course, all the findings and invention are compiled through a scientific paper as a proof and compilation for the future generation’s references. The content of the successful research and founding had been presented for public review and engagement. An excellent writing from Jeanne Fahnestock in Accommodating Science:…
Science is an instrument used to gather knowledge to understand our world and is also used to find discoveries that will change it. When people try to learn how the world came to be, they often go to science to find a way. through science many ideas come up to how the world began, some say it exists by chance, others say it was created by God, but what is it really? Scientific evidence is consistent with the belief that the physical universe was designed by God. Some of this evidence which is consistent with this belief is; the origin of matter, the complexity of DNA, and the concept of irreducible complexity.…
1. Distinguish between the terms weather and climate. Give examples of each. Why is important to understand climate these days? What are some of the changes that are happening and should we be worried about them?…
Based on the idea that reason is helping to grasps ideas that are supposed to be innate and that some innate ideas are unknown leads us into a contradictory status and gives way to the third…
In our textbook, the Scientific Method is addressed along with different designs in research. The steps in the scientific method include: 1) Identify a question of scientific interest, 2) Form a hypothesis, 3) Choose a research method and research design, 4) Collect data to test the hypothesis and 5)Draw conclusions and form new questions and hypothesis. The main methods used in research of human development are: 1) Questionnaires, 2) Interviews, 3) Observations, 4) Ethnographic Research, 5)Case Studies, 6) Biological Measurements, 7) Experimental Research, and 8) Natural Experiments. Lots of questions come to mind when thinking of scientific research. The conclusion is based on data collected.…
Science coming from the Latin word Scientia, meaning “knowledge,” is a systematic structure that builds and organizes knowledge from testable explanations and predictions about the universe. The nature of scientific progress and the rationality of scientific change lies between Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. The two prominent philosophers of the 20th century had very distinct viewpoints of science which led to countless debates. One of them, which I believe to be the most intriguing, was the scientific method and the idea of there even being one. The traditional understanding of the scientific method, described since the ancient Greeks, was to look at the world with a scientific eye and observe it with no other preconceived notions.…
Causal explanations can be supported in science by explaining and discovering the outcome of the causes and conditions that contribute to the outcome. This would support causal explanations in science by providing information to back up a statement. For cases…
According to Plato, science can only provide opinions, not knowledge. We all know that there are many types of sciences, different ranks of them and also theories and concepts. Plato focused specifically on Astronomy, he believed the earth as a spherical one. Today we can see different value systems, whether the people are religious or not some type of science is agreeable and disagreeable. Moreover, the ones who practice science and have studied, have a sense of “knowledge;” for them at least.…
In order to explain something, we need evidence, however; this evidence cannot support itself without other evidence; henceforth, we gain this evidence through the…
Part 1: Major Lab Accidents On January 7, 2010, two graduate students at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas were involved in a lab accident in the Chemistry building. While handling two explosive compounds, the students assumed that keeping the compound wet would prevent it from exploding when it come in contact with the solvent. When he noticed that the product was clumpy, one of the students used a pestle to attempt to break it up. In doing so, the product was detonated.…
Pre-Lab Questions 1. What are the steps of the scientific method? Briefly explain each. • The steps of the scientific method are observation, define problem, construct a hypothesis, test the experiment/ gather evidence, and draw a conclusion. Observation is the procedure of collecting information about events and processes carefully.…