Possibility theory

observations are repeated under a wide variety of conditions 3. No accepted observation statement conflicts with the derived universal law (or other generalisations (SCIE1000) It is by this process that an inductivist derives hypotheses, laws and theories. This makes obvious the rationality, or lack thereof, within the inductive method. This problem of induction helps to form a more concise definition of induction: The conclusion is coherent with the premises, but the truth of the premises does…

The endless possibilities related to the enjoyable love feeling. The actions and feelings were grown through age. The child did not immediately understand what was going on in the body, but as the child watched and learned he or she saw the different feelings each individual professed. I believe it was the beauty of nature and life that provided these children with the learning ability they grasp as they grew. The theories Watson explained showed that children do not necessarily know everything…

example, the greek philosopher, Democritus, combined common knowledge and imagination to create the atomic theory. He did not have proof to support his claim, but he thought outside the box, and made an evolutionary discovery. Centuries later his theory is still being used. This goes to show that imagination changes how we think. If we acknowledge the power of imagination the possibilities are endless. You could create a time machine, or be the next Thomas Edison, but that will never happen if…

that a scientific theory or paradigmatic science must be testable or it is not considered a science. He starts off by stating that creation scientists lack empirical tests on their creation theories. He points out that creation scientists aim to prove that evolutionary science is false while failing to provide evidence that their own creation science is true. Laudan objects to Ruse’s statement on how creation scientists lack empirical tests to their theories and claims that theories of creation…

been to try to determine what makes a person commit a particular crime. The two theories that best explain my own and my team’s criminal behavior are social learning theory and labeling theory. These two theories offer the best explanation for my specific example of underage drinking. Being able to explain why someone begins to underage drink is the best way to go about stopping it. Akers’ social learning theory is a theory that offers an explanation for learned behavior. The delinquent…

and develop better answers. (Lecture 9, page 10). Another example of pseudoscience can be found in business, when decisions are made based on opinions using data in order to help us make better decisions accepting current theories. Instead of explore in detail these theories before applying it, creating a difference between fact claimed by science and opinion obtained by…

and the Earth. One purpose of this article is to inform the audience of a possible archeological change to the time humans arrived in the Americas. Additionally, another purpose is to reexamine previously discovered evidence to prove or disprove the theory that humans arrived in the Americas over one hundred thousand years earlier than experts previously understood. The article was written by compiling recently discovered evidence, expert opinions, and experimental results creating an article…

It seems widely acknowledged that scientific knowledge is special because it is derived from the facts of experience with application of rigorous scientific methods such as observation, experiment, measurement, statistics, and theorization, to natural phenomenon. Other academic fields like literature and jurisprudence, for example, appear to be merely based on vague and inaccurate methods such as expressing personal experience or opinion, or applying rules written in words arbitrarily…

Created in 1981 by Hilary Putnam the Brain in a Vat theory is about a science fiction possibility of our brains quite literally being in a vat. Hilary Putnam uses referencing or representation, the Turing Test, the rules of language and a host of examples to establish that the statement “we are brains in a vat” is a self-refuting statement. He asks the question “Could we, if we were brains in a vat in this way, say or think that we were?” (Putnam 1981, p7) and comes to the conclusion that we…

In the essay Evolution as Fact and Theory by Stephen Jay Gould, he argues that generally, creationists miss use the terms “fact” and “theory” to attack the indisputable concept of evolution. He argues that the question scientists are attempting to answer is not whether evolution occurred, this is a fact as he defines it, but rather the question should be how evolution occurs. The essay begins by bringing forward the idea that old issues should be brought up only if there is new evidence. That…