METHODS OF SCIENCE Flashcards
A WAY TO PROCEED IN DOING SOMETHING. IT IS SAID TO BE SUITABLE WHEN IT YIELDS POSITIVE RESULTS.
METHOD
A WAY OF PROCEDURE FROM THE KNOWN TO UNKNOWN, FROM A GIVEN STARTING POINT TO FINAL PROPOSITIONS IN A DETERMINED FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE.
METHOD IN SCIENCE
DEPEND ON MATTER FOR THEIR BEING AND FOR THEIR BEING UNDERSTOOD; ANYTHING THOSE DEFINITION CONTAINS SENSIBLE MATTER
MOBILE BEINGS
DEPEND ON MATTER FOR THEIR BEING BUT NOT FOR THEIR BEING UNDERSTOOD; SENSIBLE MATTER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR DEFINITION
MATHEMATICAL BEINGS
BEING THAT CAN EXIST WITHOUT MATTER
METAPHYSICAL BEINGS
EXAMPLES OF MOBILE BEINGS
HUMANS, ANIMALS
EXAMPLES OF MATHEMATICAL BEINGS
LINES, NUMBERS
EXAMPLES OF METAPHYSICAL BEINGS
ANGELS, SOUL
REFERS TO THINGS THAT THE SCIENCE COVERS IN ITS STUDY
MATERIAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
EXAMPLE OF MATERIAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
NUMBERS IN ARITHMETIC
REFERS TO THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF ITS STUDY
FORMAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
EXAMPLE OF FORMAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
FOUR OPERATIONS OF FUNCTIONS OF NUMBERS
CHARACTERISTIC OF NATURAL SCIENCE; RATIONABILITER
MODE OF REASON
METHOD OF MATHEMATICS; DISCIPLINABILITER
MODE OF LEARNING
TO RECEIVE LEARNING FROM ANOTHER
DISCERE