Systems science

Distinguishing science from non-science or religion is generally a simple matter, as the two generally make no claims to be scientific. When they do make claims of being scientific, they become pseudoscience. Even so, it is useful to recognize the distinctions, as science doesn’t always specifically declare itself as such. For the boundary between science and religion, the verificationistic view works quite well in the majority of cases. Science deals primarily with empirical matters, while…

Research-Based Pedagogy for Teaching Science with Classroom Response Technology. J Sci Educ Technol 18(146), 146-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-008-9140-4 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The information in this article, though written about science education, can be applied to social studies as well. The authors describe "classroom response systems" (CRS), which allow students to input their answers from individual devices to a system that collects, aggregates, and…

the dominant sciences, a key strength to the relativist argument is its ability to consider subjugated knowledges. According to the standard view of knowledge, different ways of knowing are part of a continuous and unitary epistemological tradition. However, instead of being equally considered knowledge is hierarchically structured so that one type of knowledge system becomes dominant leading to what Kuzmic (2014) calls ‘epistemological hegemony’ (p. 79). For a long time Western sciences were…

Modern Science would unarguably be completely different without the Scientific Revolution. It was a major moment in the history of Western Culture, not to mention science and it’s history as a whole. Out of the Scientific Revolution came modern science and things like the scientific method were created. Countless scientific discoveries came from the great research of key figures in the scientific revolution such as Newton, Galileo, and Copernicus. The scientific revolution took place in a…

both story and fact due to the fictional aspect that storytelling involves. However, it is arguable that facts are found through the existence of stories and accounts of past incidents. History and the natural sciences are differing storehouses of stories and facts. Each, in their own system, takes up a combination of stories and facts and are rarely found to consist of only one or other, however the strength of each in these respective fields varies because these areas assert knowledge in…

made his own improved hypotheses which he later proved through experimentation. The first of Sir Isaac Newton’s contributions to the scientific revolution was applying the laws of gravitational force discovered previously by Galileo to our solar system. Newton’s improvement of Galileo’s law of gravitational force is denoted the title of…

important to recognize that science is not only reliant on observation, and thus void of objectivity, but it is also susceptible to non-rational considerations such as faith, ego, politics, human emotions, group pressures, and gestalt psychology. It is factual that science is able to be affected by outside influences, hence the argument that claims science is losing objectivity. The scientific community, along with those in a position…

controversial subject. While scientists often argue that animal testing is necessary for medical advancement, it can be considered inhumane and is not always necessary. Animals are used in research to determine the safety of products, advance in science, study disease, and develop forms of treatment. While there are alternatives for…

the mass of an atom is concentrated into a compact nucleus, which holds all of the positive charge, and that electrons occupy most of the leftover space (Davidson). While Rutherford’s experiment illustrates the vast discoveries which the natural sciences have enabled us, scientific discoveries and updates are essentially never-ending, so there is no way to fully know when a specific conclusion is completely correct. Similar to many other scientific explorations, before Rutherford 's discoveries…

The Age of Science was significant as it rejected this idea of having to accept that the Church’s notions as truth. Truth and knowledge must be based on tangible, scientific, and empirical evidence. Skepticism became encouraged, as many stupendous thinkers, writers, and scientists emerged from this time period. While many influential figures have emerged at this time period, three individuals that have made a tremendous impact in the name of science are Johannes Kepler, Ada Byron, and Galileo.…