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the principle that natural laws and processes today are the same as they have always been
uniformitarianism
the belief that scientific inquiry is the only path to truth
scientism
the reasoning process that goes from general to specific
deductive
any idea or activity that is not related to a religion or religious teaching
secular
the law of thermodynamics that states the conservation principle that matter and energy are neither being created or destroyed
first law of thermodynamics
the perspective from which a person interprets all evidence in life
worldview
an idea that is held to be true or is taken for granted when making decisions or arguing to a conclusion
presupposition
the total knowledge of a man’s observations of the physical world
science
the belief that only physical,material,or measurable things are real
materialism
the measure of the disorderliness of a system
entropy
the reasoning process that goes from specific to general
inductive
the belief in the authority and reliability of something because it is believed to be trust worthy
faith
the law of thermodynamics that states that all things are moving toward a state of greater entropy
second law of thermodynamics
an error in reasoning
fallacy