Scientific evidence

Microscope”, Hacking explores the sort of concerns from which my cloud may have found its genesis. Specifically, Hacking explores the nature of the reliability of scientific experimentation with increasingly advanced experimental apparatuses through a discussion of microscopy, which he considers to be an oft-ignored part of scientific apparatuses so far as philosophy of science is…

From the times of the ancient Greeks to modern day, scientist have argued the concepts behind matter. During the time of Aristotle, philosophers created scientific theories based on logic alone, eliminating all scientific evidence. This is when Democritus proposed his theory. Later, Dalton proposed his theory after completing experiments about matter. Democritus's theory was the theory of atomos. He claimed that atomos were particles so small that they could no longer be divided. Democritus…

With the start of the Scientific Revolution, it brought change to the way people lived and viewed the world. Many intellectual thoughts were developed regarding humanity 's position in the universe, this new way of thinking, sophisticated those living in the 1500 to 1700 's. Throughout Europe many individuals began to take these theories as the solid truths, and analyzed their validity. The ideas and beliefs of the common philosopher and intellectual of this period, perhaps the most important…

Chemistry is a branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed. It also involves the properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change. Chemistry is important to life. The environment is composed of many chemicals without identification of chemicals we wouldn’t know what chemicals are safe to have around or which chemicals are harmful and dangerous to our bodies. To answer the enduring question, how do we gain knowledge to…

between the two. He claims that religion is merely a fog of superstition that needs to get out of the way of scientific progress. “ And any progress- not just scientific progress- is easier when we’re not yoked to religious dogma.” Coyne argues for the value of science, a value that doesn’t have various religions arguing with one another about which one is right, there is simply one scientific truth. “In contrast, scientists don’t kill each other over matters such as continental drift. We have…

Lauden suggested that the demarcation criterion results in a set of ambiguities surrounding the scientific status of almost all statements, while every improbable statement with certain degrees of falsifibility can win assent from the falsificationism demarcation criterion. Even the flat earth theory can be demarcated as scientific in the light of empirical observations. Critics may argue that the degree of testability is what differentiates science and non-science…

“Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind” (Angier 490). Both essays, “The Canon” by Natalie Angier and “Scientific Literacy and the Habit of Discourse” by Thomas W. Martin, discuss that science is not a set of facts to be learned, but is best practiced through actions. These two articles approach the topic differently by using different rhetorical modes and styles. Even though the article’s main points have similarities, the essays contain many differences through their…

a negative thing in the eyes of every true scientist. Popper and the scientific community of all eras would argue that it is necessary to find falsifying evidence in order to more efficiently progress in the field. With all this said, a frequent criticism of this doctrine claims that the assertion that Popper is making cannot itself be subjected to falsification. This renders the need for it to be applied to suggested scientific theories as hypocritical and invalid. However, from the conception…

ballistics to determine what type of gun was used to commit the murder, the make and model, toolmarks on the bullet casing also determine the make and model of the gun, before all this is determine the bullets must be placed in an evidence bag and then placed in an evidence locker until it is sent over to ballistics for testing. “With the exception of a shotgun, whenever a gun is fired, microscopic characteristics or imperfections are transferred through the gun barrel to the bullet and…

People confuse theories with laws in science all the time. An accepted scientific theory does not need to be a law to be considered truthful. A scientific law, on the other hand is in itself a theory that has gain more universal acceptance. However, a scientific law can, even though rarely, be changed if new information is acquired. The problem is when people believe that because theories and very few times laws are reconsidered and changed they should always look science with skepticism, but…