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Careful Observation and Precise Thinking

Do today's scientists know more or less than those of a century ago?

Goal of science is ultimately absolute knowledge

Only discover while looking?Related to scientific method?

Main purpose of scientific method?

Logic Used

Deductive

Do reverse of inductive. They start with general knowledge and predict a specific observation.

Inductive

Observation of the machine that arrive at general conclusions. Reasoning from particular

experiences to general truths.

Logic Statements

conclusions from the results of the experiments

Skill comes in stating no more than the experiment has proved.

observed results of the experiments

predicted results of experiments

An experiment never fails solely because it fails to achieve predicted results. An experiment is a failure only when it also fails to adequately test the hypothesis in question; when the data it produces don't prove anything one way or the other.

experiments designed to test each hypothesis

An experiment is a failure only when it also fails to adequately test the hypothesis in

question; when the data it produces don't prove anything one way or the other

hypothesis to cause of problem

You think of as many hypotheses as you can, then you design experiments to test them to see which are true and which are false.

Statement of problem

The main skill is in stating absolutely no

more than you are positive you know.