Soil science

He who controls the present controls the past.” A knowledge issue that arises from the natural sciences is: to what extent is knowledge from the natural sciences provisional? Merriam-Webster defines natural science as “a science that studies the physical and natural world or the events that happen in nature”. Using reason, we can claim that knowledge from the natural sciences is provisional and we should modify scientific claims as new technology is introduced and as the natural…

Society, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a social circle or a group of social circles having a clearly marked identity.” Obtaining a clearly marked identity is easier said than done. The Bell Jar, written by Sylvia Plath, is a novel about nineteen year-old Esther Greenwood struggling to find her place in society. In her struggle, Esther falls into a deep depression and attempts suicide, causing her to be admitted to a mental hospital. Societal expectations of everyone, women…

The issue that I am going to write my paper over is about genetically engineered embryos and whether or not further research should be done to allow the altering of an unborn fetus. My first topic that came to my mind when I heard about this assignment was actually abortion. Then we were shown a list of banned topics and abortion was number one on the list which was disappointing. Later when we went to the library to search for our topics, I ran across an article that interested me. It was about…

Researchers and scientists use their sense perception in order to create their theory. Researchers use inductive reasoning to "make generalizations from specific observations." (Staff, Live Science. "Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 10 July 2012. Web. 4 Mar. 2015.). Inductive reasoning also allows for the researcher or scientists to create hypothesis or theories based on their senses (such as sight…

There is no crisis in the field of Psychology or Social Sciences research. In the past few years, there have been an increased number of retractions and fabrication incidents in the psychology and social sciences research, which caused speculations that these fields are currently in a crisis. Recently, an initiative called “Reproducibility Project” was conducted at the University of Virginia that reran 100 psychology experiments from three reputed psychology journals and stated that over 60% of…

Renaissance shaped the western societies’ doctrinal passivity entirely. In the early modern period, there was a fundamental change to the understanding of scientific knowledge, which helped in the process of transforming natural philosophy and alchemy to science. The author Hugh Kearney discusses this important transition period of so called “The Scientific Revolution” throughout…

Reflecting back on the course of Interventions II, the coursework and in-residence portion had given me a better insight in learning how to define my personal and professional identity. The implementation of a “mock” clinical therapy sessions during the in-residence portion had been a challenge in the beginning due to the lack of having any type of background in conducting a therapy session. These therapy sessions provided the needed feedback from the instructor and my peers to gain a better…

What’s the relationship between theories and the world to which theories meant to apply? Are there ultimate truth which can be obtained through a series of scientific validation and falsification? Is critical relativism appropriate for scientific research (marketing or consumer research in particular)? Those are some critical questions raised by this week’s readings that centered on the topic of rationality and relativism. Several authors provide different insights on answering those above…

no signs of conscious awareness of itself. Such knowledge is often used to refute the claim “life begins at conception” and support the idea that abortion is reasonable decision for a woman or a family to make. Without a doubt, the area of Natural Science has much to contribute to the national debate about abortion; still some groups do not hold the same beliefs. The pro-life side of the argument may use emotion as a way of knowing more so than reason, which is used by biologists and medics.…

A question is never answered completely. At a time when an answer may seem correct science is used to show error and continuously answer that question. This process is known as the scientific method. A similar method is used to answer new questions that were brought up in the 1660s to 1850s. The 1660s-1780s was a time of questions and discoveries known as the Enlightenment. Government, science, and religion were often questioned. The new discoveries at the time became the building blocks for…