MODULE 6 Flashcards
Midterm
based on or characterized by the methods and principles of science.
Scientific
a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something,especially a systematic or established one.
Method
PRESENTED A GENERAL WAY OF CONDUCTINGSCIENTIFIC WORK.
Scientific Method
TO SEE IF THERE ARE UNEXPLAINED
OCCURRENCES THAT ARE UNFOLDING.
OBSERVATION
To come up with unanswered questions which need to be solved
DETERMINATION OF THE PROBLEMS
AN INTELLIGENT GUESS, OR POSSIBLE WAY OF SOLVING THE DETERMINED PROBLEM
FORMULATION OF HYPOTHESIS
TO GET DATA ON HOW THE FACTORS WHICH HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM AFFECT EACH OTHER
EXPERIMENTATION OR TESTING OF THE HYPOTHESIS
TO COME UP WITH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS
ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OR DATA GATHERED
TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE DETERMINED PROBLEMS
FORMULATION OF CONCLUSIONS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
SCIENTIFIC METHODS
- OBSERVATION
- DETERMINATION OF THE PROBLEMS
- FORMULATION OF HYPOTHESIS
- EXPERIMENTATION OR TESTING OF THE HYPOTHESIS
- ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OR DATA GATHERED
- FORMULATION OF CONCLUSIONS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
THEORIES THAT DISTINGUISH PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
- VERIFICATION THEORY
- FALSIFICATION THEORY
THIS THEORY PROPOSES THAT A DISCIPLINE IS A SCIENCE IF IT CAN BE CONFIRMED OR INTERPRETED IN THE EVENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS BEING ACCEPTED, IF IT CAN BE VERIFIED.
VERIFICATION THEORY
INITIALLY, THE VERIFICATION THEORY PROMOTED BY THE ____________ WAS STRONGLY SUPPORTED, UNTIL THE RISE OF DISCOVERIES IN PHYSICS THAT CANNOT BE EASILY SEEN.
VIENNA CIRCLE
VERIFICATION THEORY WAS POINTED OUT BY ___________
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER THOMAS KUHN
THIS THEORY BY KARL POPPER PROPOSES IF AN IDEA OR IDEOLOGY CANNOT BE PROVEN FALSE, AND THAT IDEA CAN BEST EXPLAIN A PHENOMENON BETTER THAN OTHER THEORIES, THEN THAT IDEA IS ACCEPTABLE.
FALSIFICATION THEORY
