Natural science

One’s conception of science and technology has rapidly changed over the past three centuries. From a basic understanding of how electrons move to understanding and utilizing stem cells to cheat death, humans have advanced into a new realm of scientific breakthroughs unparalleled to any other time period. Genes within the human body have been bio-hacked and reprogrammed (Sophia Chen, Wired Magazine); immunities to diseases have been engineered (Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review); artificial…

Science has changed the way the human race lives, their everyday lives. Everyday society encounter different and new technology because of science. Everyday scientists are coming up with more and more theories explaining the world. Science has been apart of the human race since the beginning of time, science will also remain in the human race's life till the end of time. According to Webster dictionary science is “knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through…

Science is a collaborative effort founded upon the curiosity innate in all humans. This curiosity drove us to create systems of inquiry to satisfy our need to explain things. Adopting the tools and values of science would benefit society as a whole. The tools of science are not the focus of my discussion here, as I believe that, while vital to science, they are not as universally useful within society as the values they were built upon. The values of science are not merely a prerequisite to…

knowledge. There are several key words in the quotation that need to be defined. First, the word “gain” implies progress and advancement or benefit toward gaining knowledge. I will focus my essay on this concept of benefit or advancement of the natural sciences and the arts. The second definition is of the word “use”, which implies purpose, and the third word, “network”, indicates two or more ways of knowing linked together. For the purpose of this…

In her article, “Telltale Signs,” Andrea Woody rarely mentions what separates a law from a hypothesis. Instead, she advocates that philosophers of science should be more concerned with the explanatory power of the examined theory because it constitutes a scientific law’s usefulness (16). She views laws as general models which highlight different types of relationships in a described element’s properties…

Introduction This article analysis presents ideas from Watson about psychology and how it is viewed as a natural science. This analysis also elaborates Watson’s goals and why he believed that behaviorism could be controlled. The experiment performed by Watson is identified and used to attempt controlling behavior. The results stray far from Watson’s intentions, but is sufficient for his studies. During the article summary, two articles will be used to interpret Watson’s article as a whole…

whether or not he should have reached that conclusion with the evidence he had at hand. The conclusion that Judge Jones reaches in relation to the demarcation problem with regard to Intelligent Design theory is that ID theory should not be considered science, so therefore should not be taught or given consideration…

Robert Boyle, a seventeenth-century Anglo-Irish scholar and one of the most well-known scientists in history, was instrumental in the establishment of the natural sciences as concrete fields of inquiry rather than simply philosophical studies. His emphasis on the scientific method set a precedent that has allowed thousands of later discoveries to be scientifically tested and confirmed, allowing the human knowledge base to be greatly expanded. In addition to all of this, his work with gases and…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark," Hawthorne focuses on science vs nature, symbolism, and overall failure. Aylmer seems to believe science can achieve anything, and his craving to make his wife perfect is doomed from the start because only divine beings can achieve perfection. Aylmer is a brilliant but foolish scientist who decides to use science to make his beautiful wife perfect. Aylmer has accomplished many things that he seems to be proud of and willing to show off to Georgiana.…

The scientific method forms the fundamental roots of science as a whole - so when the method itself is placed under scrutiny, the nature of science is also caught in the crossfire. A characteristic that Alan Chalmers, and scientists in general, share about science is rationality – without rationality all that is left is science fiction. In accordance with the quote by Chalmers and his assumption that inductivity leads to certainties, a common rebuttal that demonstrates said scrutiny is that…