Scientific evidence

The so-called appearance versus reality distinction has been a philosophical and scientific problem that has been debated since ancient Greece. The pursuit of discerning between the way things are and the way they appear to be is one driven by the human desire to understand. Appearances can mask reality and skew one’s perception of reality. A group of early Greek philosophers and teachers, known as the Sophists, proposed that reality did not exist, and if it did, it was beyond human…

on whether life can spontaneously arise. His case for special creation is best seen in his experiments disproving spontaneous generation’ (Gillen and Sherwin). So by looking at another aspect of religious knowledge system and combine it with his scientific research, Pasteur has depicted the origin of species that goes against the theory of evolutionism. What Pasteur believed in was the idea of spontaneous generation, which is the production of a living organism out of non-matter. Pasteur used…

Calling an action ‘right' gives it the green light: go. Calling it ‘wrong' gives it the red light: stop" (pg. 141-142). She tends to believe in scientific reasoning where she is convinced that science is the irreconcilable truth to which most people should have believed, so it has to be true. Her whole belief is true to her as the society has provided evidence on why it should be true concluding that what we believe to be true, is true because most of what we state are based on the societal…

society stronger with doubt or confidence in knowledge? To answer these questions, I will look at the rise of confidence or doubt as knowledge increases in the natural sciences and history. Confidence in natural scientific knowledge is based on justification and doubt arises from lack of evidence. However, in history, confidence is based on factual knowledge, while doubt arises from competing interpretations.…

them to organize the changes of the world into periods with themes. One such period that can be created is called the scientific revolution. The scientific revolution is the title usually given to the years 1550-1700, during which many changes in the thought and belief systems of Europe developed and the ideas governing modern science came to exist. Why did this age of scientific discovery and advancements not happen sooner? This is a complex question requiring an answer that no one person could…

interesting component involving race and psychology is that racism did not even existed before the 1930s. In fact, races formed an evolutionary hierarchy with the Europeans at the top and indigenous at the bottom (Richard, 2010). A doctrine now called “Scientific Racism” (Richard, 2010). By looking back at history, Psychology has been a huge promoter…

seems to be two reasons as to why he could have done this. First, past definitions of hypotheses were meant for philosophical observations without any basis upon empirical evidence. Secondly, Darwin wanted to avoid the bias associated with empirical claims; that hypotheses were created as an aftermath of obtaining empirical evidence. Both Francis Bacon and John Stuart Mill were proponents of induction, a method in which one collects observations without any preconceived notions. It is only after…

When discussing the humane contrast between Free Will and Determinism, Free Will is the side I support. My argument is the concept that all natural occurrences can’t always be explained, but they “just happen”. Even though scientific facts contradict Free Will, a balance of the two beliefs is very possible and is controversial in modern conversation. All human beings contain Free Will in any scenario or situation they encounter; Although this is different for each individual and their beliefs.…

justify the occasions where scientific discoveries have been proven fake. To me, the reliability of this source is doubtful because there was no evidence used to show that global warming does not exist, which would have supported the false reports. Even if those reports are wrong, that does not mean Buchanan can question the entire concept of global warming by stating, “global warming is the great hoax of the 21st century” (242). Due to the inconsistency between the evidence and the claims…

In the course of achieving scientific understanding, it becomes necessary to distinguish between what can be proved and what cannot. Falsifiability is a necessary tool in making that distinction between what can be verified and what cannot, while also providing a criterion between pseudoscience and science. Though it’s not perfect, it’s a solution that works for the time being in creating scientific discoveries and refuting incorrect information. In the beginning of human discovery, there is as…