Falsifiability

What is epistemology? In laymen’s terms, it is the study of knowledge and if its formal definition is given, according to Oxford dictionary, it is the study of knowledge, in regards to its method, validity, and scope. It is the investigation of what distinguishes justified beliefs and pure opinion (“Epistemology”). What does it really mean outside of its textbook meaning? Carl Sagan helps readers understand it in his book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, through one of…

After I came to visit you last time, I have been thinking about the ghostblasters that you were talking about with me. After reading the pamphlet they left, I decided to write you this letter and tell you what I know about ghosts and the Ghostblasters business based on what I have learned. Also, I suggest you not to pay for the “ghost removal”. First of all, Geistology is not a real theory so far. In science, according to 2nd Law of Theory Acceptance, which says that in order to become accepted…

Rebecca Skloot, in the second part of the “Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks”, extensively examines the relationship of science with the non-scientific and indicates the reality of the scientific community. Basically, the reading explicates the consequences, both within and outside science, of the research enthusiasm of the scientists. Humans are classified in terms of their ability and regularity of exercising science. This categorization is quite different from those based on identity such as…

Definition “Explorations of Nature” is defined as the investigation of unknown regions in the material world, where is an understandable scientific world view including durable knowledge and being subject to change. Introduction The humans’ explorations of Nature has been reformed in the past two thousand years, there are basically threefold: (1) Observation, imagination and classification (2) hesitation and integration (3) providing quantitative evidence. It is highlighted that science…

The chapter When scientists politicize science by Pielke mainly discusses the controversy over The Skeptical Environmentalist. Pielke elaborates on how the debate is not scientifically framed but instead it is a matter of politics. He states that political figures state opinions and facts that they have come up with through ideology; leaving out any legitimate scientific evidence. He also discusses the fact that these debates typically are just arguments on whether or not the science is real or…

Part B (4) The scientific method has often been proclaimed as a naive method that uses an observation to generate a statement which is then generalised; extrapolated from what had been observed to what has not yet been observed. The statement is then tested to a certain extent. If it successfully dodges any failure, it is accepted as a true theory and henceforth, a justified belief. This is an inductive inference as it uses the past to predict future behaviours and serves as the justifying…

Principal investigator-The first person I chose to explore was principal investigator (PI).. The first challenge faced involved deciding whether or not to send a visibly Greg home. I chose to send him home because he was visibly tired and the likelihood that his work would be subpar or involve mistakes would increase. In addition to preventing costly mistakes, I sent Greg home for his own health, and to let him know that PIs believe in rest. Next, Kim approached the PI with a problem while he…

Is the demarcation problem a philosophical pseudo-problem? For a long time in history, philosophers of science have dedicated to the construction of a boundary between science and pseudoscience. Despite the substantial efforts putting into the demarcation problem, none of those well-known demarcation criteria successfully classify science or pseudoscience. The failure to provide a universally accepted demarcation, or at least gain acceptance from a majority of the community, leads to two…

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…

Metaphysics is concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world. Cosmology and ontology are the two traditional branches of metaphysics. Cosmology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of the universe at large, as well as the natural laws that keep it in order. Ontology is the investigation into what types of things there are in the world and what relations these things bear to one another. Ontology deals with questions concerning what…