Scientific skepticism

2. The problem with Cartesian skepticism is that there is not enough evidence to prove that the world around us is always false. Descartes is trying to prove his point off of logic instead of actual evidence. Descartes is putting too much faith on the mind over the physical world. When he explains an evil being manipulating our thoughts and senses he still cannot prove that the evil being actually exists. So Descartes is still going off of assumptions to prove his theory. He tries to resolve…

explains how results of our experiments as well as our observations are shaped by accepted theories (Barseghyan Hakob). For these reasons, in regards to KAN+, I firmly disagree with the company’s claim of approaching absolute certainty in some types of scientific knowledge. The concept of Noumena might seem to be intriguing. However, it is important to have some knowledge before actually believing all that Noumena claims to be doing. Augmented reality is indeed an…

During the Scientific Revolution there was a para dime shift which caused an era of questioning and skepticism. The religious assumptions that guided the thought of the medieval scholars were abandoned in favor of mathematics and mechanical metaphors. This led to the Enlightenment period where many people challenged tradition and faith with scientific methods. This created a philosophical, spiritual, economical, and cultural revolution that would change the way people thought forever. Throughout…

In the insignificant existence of humanity, those who possess the scientific brilliance to discover new data as well as the brave audacity to challenge previous theories bring us closer to a true contemplation of the universe. Similarly, throughout the work of scientists, noticeably Nicholas Copernicus and Galilei Galileo, the human understanding of the universe grew from an arrogant system that revolves around Earth into the eloquent heliocentric system we now know to be true today. The…

The emergence of the Scientific Revolution in the mid 16th century featured a new emphasis on sense as early scientists began to qualify nature according to what they learned through experimentation and observation. Moreover, many have also correlated the rise of the scientific method with the growth of humanism and humanists’ emphasis on the individual and reason. However, as the Baconian method reduced the human to a series of basic and instinctual senses, the Scientific Revolution…

“The Copernican Question: Prognostication, Skepticism and Celestial order” by Robert Westman. Published in 2011 The piece revolves around Copernicus and his contributions to both the philosophical and scientific spheres. It raises questions about his incentives to pursue and his mindset while pursuing what he thought was “truth” especially with the knowledge of possibly being ridiculed and rejected by his peers. With this it also reveals a feel of the society of that time as we are entreated to…

which, a priori, various synthetical cognitions can be drawn”, and “The sphere of phenomena is the only sphere of their validity, and if we venture out of this, no further objective use can be made of them” (SS8). However, today it becomes a general scientific theory that the time and space are not absolute but relative one another by Special relativity. Because…

need for real scientific methodology in paranormal research if it is to be taken seriously by the scientific community in general. There are two main competing arguments going on in the realm of paranormal research and investigation. One side says there is break throughs happening in the field and they are using high tech equipment and scientific figures to conduct their investigations and they are very excited about it. The other side calls it pseudoscience and claims that scientific data is…

theories that are able to explain certain phenomena. There is always more than one way to explain reality. Scientific theories are never 100% but scientists have been able to prove that other theories do not answer as many questions or are too complicated. The theories we consider to be true have been tested over and over and have yet been be proven false. There are always anomalies within a scientific paradigm, or normal science. When there is greater knowledge gained there becomes better ways…

The reasons to receive vaccinations and believe in their pharmaceutical powers are very abundant, and backed up with immense amounts of scientific evidence. Some examples of this are that since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in the incidence of bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae. Also, the MMR vaccine helped to reduce the global deaths caused by measles by 78%…