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Nature of Science Notes Nature of Science (NOS) Process of how scientists investigate scientific phenomena It can be controlled Internally (Personal Interests) Internally (Personal Interests) Externally (Political Interests: Atomic Bomb Externally (Political Interests: Atomic Bomb Different than Everyday Thinking(Matthews)
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Scientific Thinking Doesn’t Think the world exists to serve human interests Processes in the natural world bring about some suitable final state Knowledge claims are validated solely by their successful predictions Personal status alone confers authority in defining and maintaining knowledge Knowledge is a fixed and unchanging system
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Misconceptions of Science Knowledge should be decided democratically Scientific knowledge is seen as “true” or, at the other end extreme and unreliable 19% Believe that models are actual copies of reality A particular scientific method exists and this accounts for the success of science.
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Nature of Science Think Tube Question Phenomena Try Experiment to explain phenomena Build Models to try to explain scientific phenomena
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Nature of Science Pursuit of scientific explanations Improves or develops explanations for observations in our natural world Comes from Human Curiosity Uses Scientific Inquiry to answer questions
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Scientific Inquiry Needs Curiosity Freedom to pursue curiosity Intelligence Honesty Skepticism Tolerance for Ambiguity Openness to New Knowledge Willingness to Share Publicly
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Scientific Inquiry What do Scientists Do Look at Door
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Scientific Knowledge Continuously Changes Two Ways it can do this New Explanations Developed Old Explanations are Modified
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How Do We Know What We Know Science is Based on Observations Explanations are Made Public Scientific Explanations are Tentative Scientific Explanations are Historical Scientific explanations are Probabilistic Scientific Explanations assume cause and effect Scientific Explanations are limited
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Final Thought Science CANNOT ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Examples Examples Meaning of LifeMeaning of Life EthicsEthics TheologyTheology Science DOESN’T TRY TO EXPLAIN THESE
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Some Useful Terms Hypothesis Control Independent Variable Dependent Variable Law Theory
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