Chapter 6: The Philosophical Aspect of Science and Technology Flashcards
The systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Science
Also refer to the body or system of knowledge derived from such studies.
Science
Science originated from?
philosophy
Literally “love of wisdom”, is the investigation of the nature of knowledge, existence, and reality.
Philosophy
He refined the process of scientific reasoning during the renaissance.
Francis Bacon
He emphasized the importance of deductive reasoning
Aristotle
He realized that deductive reasoning can be combined with by inductive reasoning.
Francis Bacon
the process of obtaining a specific statement of theory from a more generalized model or observation.
Deductive
Generates and generalized statement from specific observation.
Inductive
3 Different fields of modern science
Natural Science
Social Science
Formal Science
field of modern science that investigate natural phenomena; they attempt to give an explanation of how things happen or work based on the careful interpretation of empirical data (physical and biological science).
Natural Science
insights on human behavior and societies.
Social Science
field of modern science based on the set of rules defined beforehand (priori statements)
Formal Science
it is the set of rules defined beforehand
priori statements
Who discussed the verificationism or verifiability
Berlin Circle and Vienna Circle
Falsification Principle is by?
Karl Popper
a discipline is a scientific if it can be supported by empirical evidence, if it cannot be observed, it is regarded as meaningless.
verificationism or verifiability
means that a hypothesis or idea can be tested by experimentation. As long as the experiment shows that an idea is not false, it is accepted as the prevailing explanation to the relevant phenomena.
Falsification Principle
The study of scientific methods of inquiry, as well the defining of the scope and validity of science.
Philosophy of Science
Socrates was condemned and put to death by
the Athenian society
He asked questions about moral and psychological issues and challenged existing ideas.
Socrates
He focused about the life itself “The unexamined life is not worth living
Socrates
Plato found his own school named?
the famed Academy
he focused in metaphysics and epistemology
Plato
Plato is focused on
metaphysics and epistemology
tutor of Alexander the great and systematized logic
Aristotle
The purpose of life is to live in virtue. In order to be attuned with nature, people must reject all conventional needs such as power, sex, and wealth. The main figures of cynicism are Antisthenes, Diogenes and Crates of Thebes.
Cynics
The main figures of cynicism are
Antisthenes, Diogenes and Crates of Thebes