类别 全部 - method - empiricism - skepticism - hypothesis

作者:omar nafie 15 年以前

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Scientific Thinking

Reliable knowledge in science is obtained through a systematic process known as the scientific method. This method begins with asking meaningful questions or identifying significant problems.

Scientific Thinking

A scientific fact is a hypothesis that has been tested and proven right

Scientists were the ones to bring the practice of critical thinking to the attention and use of modern society

Scientific Thinking & the Scientific Method

Critical/Scientific Thinking

Three components
Skepticism

Being Skeptical

questioning your beliefs and conclusions

Rationalism

Practicing Logical Reasoning

Empiricism

Using Empirical Evidence

Evidence seen, heard, touched, tastde,smelled

Thinking correctly which successfully leads to the most reliable answers to questions

Scientific Method in Practice

6. Construct, support or doubt a scientific theory
5. Testing Results
If it passes the test then it is kept; called Corroborated Hypothesis
If it fails the test, it must be rejected or modified.
4. Test the hypothesis
b) By making further observations
a) By experimenting
3. Formulate a Hypothesis
Proposed solution to the problem
2. Collect relevant information to answer the question
1. Ask a meaningful question/identify a significant problem

Science

Reliable knowledge: one with a high probablility of truth as it is justified by a method
method of investigating nature to discover reliable knowledge about it