Information science

In the beginning of this article, the author not only tells about himself, but provides many details that the readers will recognize such as Stanford which we attribute to being a noteworthy institution and thus a reliable place for information to come from. The author also state that he has worked for former President Barack Obama in something directly related to his area of expertise. By stating these things in the beginning of his article before the author even begins to layout his…

became more encouraged and inspired to discover new information. Not only monks and the commoners, but also monarchs like Louis XIV showed appreciation for the sciences. A drawing illustrated during 1671 captured Louis XIV’s visit to the French Royal Academy, which showed a room filled with observers around scientific equipment like a skeletons, a map, and a globe, (Doc 7). The illustration implied that Louis XIV supported the study of sciences by visiting one of the academies. With assistance…

Science is the discipline focused on understanding the natural world. Specifically, science is “the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment” (Oxford Dictionary). In order to comprehend how the natural world functions, it is essential to assess the different hypotheses, or ideas generated from empirical observations of the natural world, through experimentation. If the…

mathematics in general have largely been held as peculiarly separate from the physical and social sciences. This is based on the seeming certainty of arithmetic, opposed to the verifiability of the empirical sciences. This uniqueness has generated significant discussion on the exact nature of mathematical truth. The inductivists held that mathematical truths were simply an extension of empirical science; mathematical truths are simply highly probable rather than certain. Hempel defends a view…

In “Ways of Relating Science and Religion”, Barbour discusses the different ways in which science and religion are compared and connected to one another. Science and religion are often seen as two ideas that conflict with each other. Barbour supports the belief that science and religion can coexist in our world (3). Each of the author’s points describes a way in which religion and science can be related. Barbour’s four main ideas describing the relationship between science and religion are…

Student Learning in Science-Based Classroom Environments As a learning assistant for the analytical physics laboratory course, I have learned a great deal about how students learn and how to effectively use that knowledge to teach students. In the context of lab activities and open-ended research, several different pedagogical areas of interest have been extremely applicable to how I interact with students during my lab session and to what I believe is the best way for students to learn and…

and process information like no other animals can do, in fact we are capable to judge and make our own conclusions. Unfortunately, not every thought that crosses our minds is accurate; this has led to stablish parameters between what is reliable and what is not. Over the past decades, scientists have avoided to spread information that is not proven. They have used the scientific method to analyze and disseminate facts that we can rely on. However, there are more facts spread than science can…

learning experience in advanced science classes. At first glance, it would seem that achievement in science should directly correlate with mathematics achievement because of the mathematics skills often needed to construct graphs or solve mathematical equations common in physical science disciplines. Upon further study, it seems the mathematical ability specifically related to geometry, scale, and orientation are most likely to accurately predict achievement in science classes like physics and…

every person knows and has. Philosophy has 3, and to some philosophers, 4 main branches: Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Logic. Philosophy is the strong basis to which many sciences have been created from. With these branches of Philosophy, it is easy to see that Philosophy is the backbone of many popular modern sciences like Biology, Psychology, and Geology. Philosophy generated…

Science: Facts Making Theories or Theories Making Facts? Are scientists using the facts to form the theories of science or are they making theories then hoping that the facts fit the theory? If the facts do not fit, does science pursue the facts and the root of the facts searching for truth or do scientists ignore the facts if they do not fit and instead pursue to prove their theories by other means? Science has always been a field where the inquisitive may go to seek truth and to pursue…