Robust knowledge is the acquisition of strong, high-quality information, facts and skills about a subject that you develop through experience and education. I personally believe that this type of knowledge requires both consensus and disagreement since a robust knowledge only occurs with arguments being both proven and falsified so that both strengths and weaknesses can be identified. Knowledge is considered to be robust if it can persist continuous criticism, and the only way to find this out is through disagreement. If this arises with consensus, it may be defined as robust. Exploring different areas of knowledge, such as the Natural Sciences and Ethics, will raise an essential knowledge question: how does knowledge become robust? In addition,
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The scientific method is a group of procedures for researching specific processes, by the acquisition of new knowledge, or through the correction and incorporation of previous knowledge. In order to be named as scientific, definite principles of reasoning have to be applied. The theories in Natural Sciences require key elements such as observations, hypothesis, experiments, evaluation and confirmation. Galileo Galilei for example, 400 years ago set up an experiment to analyze his hypothesis that objects accelerate when they fall. This research was initially conducted by the Arabs, whereas Europeans followed the statement made by the Church that effective conclusions could only be touched by discussions and reasoning. Galileo relied on empirical knowledge, leading to the formation of the scientific method, which is still now viewed as the main acceptable approach with regards to obtainable information about the natural …show more content…
A paradigm is utilized to decide which methods of investigation and which explanations can be considered the best suitable. For example, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection which describes how organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive to produce a greater number of offspring. For centuries, science acknowledged the fact that God has created living species, so their physical structures have not changed since their creation. However, in 1859, Darwin proposed this theory which he described it as ‘survival of the fittest’, stating that it is not necessarily the strongest or most important organism to survive, but the ones most responsive to change. Darwin gathered data and evidence to prove his theory; demonstrating that species could change and new species could develop from older ones. Additionally, he demonstrated that change occurred as a result of natural selection, rather than from God. Darwin’s discovery had a huge impact in the field of science as it was a drastic change from the initial scientific
The scientific method is a group of procedures for researching specific processes, by the acquisition of new knowledge, or through the correction and incorporation of previous knowledge. In order to be named as scientific, definite principles of reasoning have to be applied. The theories in Natural Sciences require key elements such as observations, hypothesis, experiments, evaluation and confirmation. Galileo Galilei for example, 400 years ago set up an experiment to analyze his hypothesis that objects accelerate when they fall. This research was initially conducted by the Arabs, whereas Europeans followed the statement made by the Church that effective conclusions could only be touched by discussions and reasoning. Galileo relied on empirical knowledge, leading to the formation of the scientific method, which is still now viewed as the main acceptable approach with regards to obtainable information about the natural …show more content…
A paradigm is utilized to decide which methods of investigation and which explanations can be considered the best suitable. For example, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection which describes how organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive to produce a greater number of offspring. For centuries, science acknowledged the fact that God has created living species, so their physical structures have not changed since their creation. However, in 1859, Darwin proposed this theory which he described it as ‘survival of the fittest’, stating that it is not necessarily the strongest or most important organism to survive, but the ones most responsive to change. Darwin gathered data and evidence to prove his theory; demonstrating that species could change and new species could develop from older ones. Additionally, he demonstrated that change occurred as a result of natural selection, rather than from God. Darwin’s discovery had a huge impact in the field of science as it was a drastic change from the initial scientific