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The Scientific Method Essays and Term Papers
Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging An Honest ConsensusVisiting Researcher, The Foresight Institute
P.O. Box 61058, Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA
hanson@charon.arc.nasa.gov 510-651-7483
To appear in Social Epistemology, 1992. (version appeared: in Proc. Eighth
Intl. Conf. on Risk and Gambling, London, 7/90.)
C O U L D G A M B L I N G S A V ...
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The Study of PsychologyThe study of psychology in a philosophical context dates back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, India, and Persia. Historians point to the writings of ancient Greek philosophers, such as Thales, Plato, and Aristotle (especially in his De Anima treatise),[11] as the first ...
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Born Gay"Our result says that genes are involved in male sexual orientations, although they certainly do not determine a person's sexual orientation," said Dean Hamer, an author of the study. (St.Louis Dispatch)
The growing fad to closely examine gay men and lesbians to find out what causes their ...
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EmpiricismWhen learning about the philosophers we have discussed so far in this class, one commonality that is apparent to me is how their particular beliefs and concepts of God play an intricate role in developing their revelations and theories. The two philosophers that I will be highlighting the ...
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New Atlantis By Francis BaconFrancis Bacon was the founder of the modern scientific method. The focus on the new scientific method is on orderly experimentation. For Bacon, experiments that produce results are important. Bacon pointed out the need for clear and accurate thinking, showing that any mastery of the world in which ...
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Francis Bacon's New AtlantisFrancis Bacon was the founder of the modern scientific method. The focus on the
new scientific method is on orderly experimentation. For Bacon, experiments
that produce results are important. Bacon pointed out the need for clear and
accurate thinking, showing that any mastery of the world in which ...
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Consciousness As Determined Through The TimesConsciousness is understood in a variety of ways. In one belief, a person is conscious when awake, but unconscious when sleeping or comatose. Yet people also do things requiring perception and thought unconsciously even when they are awake. A person can be conscious of their physical ...
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Consciousness As Determined ThConsciousness is understood in a variety of ways. In one belief, a person is conscious when awake, but unconscious when sleeping or comatose. Yet people also do things requiring perception and thought unconsciously even when they are awake. A person can be conscious of their physical ...
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Transcendentalism And A Belief In A "Higher Power"We do not have good reasons to believe in something transcendental. Most
of the arguments in favor of God, or a so-called "higher power" are based on
faith and emotion, and not a clear logical argument. In fact, these arguments
are often in favor of throwing logic out the window. In many ways, ...
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Albert EinsteinIt would not be difficult to come to an agreement as to what we understand by science. Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thoroughgoing an association as possible. To put it boldly, it is the attempt ...
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Walden Two There are many interesting, well developed, entertaining, colorful, exciting, and provocative characters in Mario Vargas LlosaÕs novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. Pedro Camacho is quite a character, as well as Aunt Julia herself. I was even greatly intrigued by such small ...
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Genetic CloningOn the approach to the second millennia, ‘cloning’ and the ability to manipulate and modify DNA has increased immensely. The field of genetic reproduction is creating a variety of unknown social and ethical consequences that are particular to our present time. Such consequences, although unknown ...
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Teaching Creationism In SchoolThe issue of teaching creationism in the public schools has long been debated. Over the years many different arguments have been made. First creationists tried to have the teaching of evolution outlawed. This issue went to the Supreme Court in 1968, where in _Epperson v. Arkansas_ the high court ...
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B.f. Skinners Walden TwoIs it possible for psychologists to ever understand the human condition well enough to create a utopia by "engineering" human behavior? This is the challenge thrown out by behavioral psychologist, B.F. Skinner in his novel, Walden Two (1948). Well written and entertaining, Walden Two is directed ...
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The Scientific Revolution In The 17th CenturySci·ence n. The systematic study or knowledge of the physical or material world .
One might think that with all of the great scientific discoveries that happened in the 17th century, that they happened over night and that the discoveries seemed to have happened in a relatively short period in ...
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Leonardo as a ScientistLeonardo da Vinci was a genius who, driven by his almost haunting curiosity, set out on a mission of observing, analyzing the world. Although he is also a gifted artist, a ground breaking inventor, he should be most credited for his exceptional brilliance in science, which, in a way, might even be ...
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Discoveries Of Scientists Of The "Age Of Reason"The discoveries of many scientist and great thinkers of the "Age of
Reason" have all contributed to the entire scope of how we view astronomy
today. The shift was of a less secular thesis to one based on humanism and
the Scientific Method. There were several great thinkers that led to ...
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Class Act ResearchRESEARCHING ACTION AND CHANGE
Rob McBride and John Schostak
A. INTRODUCTION
In this chapter we will consider two key forms of qualitative research, viz. Action Research and Evaluation, though it is with the former that we are chiefly concerned.
(A whole school example of Action Research ...
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Nature of PsychologyNature of Psychology
Root Words
"Psyche" or Mind
"Logos" or Study
Psychology as the "Study of the Mind"
Psychology is formally defined as "the scientific study of human and mental processes"
Science is defined as systematize and orderly body of knowledge
3 General Characteristics ...
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