TOK-SCIENCE What is science? -A body of knowledge Natural sciences (physics‚ chemistry‚ biology) + human sciences -A way of thinking Science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge This system uses observation and experimentation to describe and explain certain phenomena. Observation: Science starts with the observable sense perception Hypothesis: reason (sources) Experiment: all WOKs Results Doctrine of science (NS) All properties and events in the physical universe are governed
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HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The history of science and technology (HST) is a field of history which examines how humanity understands of the natural world (science) and ability to manipulate it (technology) has changed over the centuries. This academic discipline also studies the cultural‚ economic‚ and political impacts of scientific innovation. The twentieth century witnessed a fateful change in the relationship between science and society. In World War I scientists were conscripted and died
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Vocabulary Phenomenology: For Kelly‚ it is the focus on conscious experience related to objective reality Cognitive: It stresses how people view & think about reality Existential: It emphasizes choices about the present & future Humanistic: It emphasizes choices about the present & future Constructive Alternativism: The assumption that any one event is open to a variety of different interpretations. It is considered a philosophical position. There is no reality outside of our interpretation
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Butterfield v. Forrester Factual Situation: 1809‚ Butterfield‚ plaintiff was riding and struck an a pole placed in the road by Forrester‚ defendant‚ at approximately 8 PM; sued for damages Witness testified that pole was visible at 100 yards with light at that time‚ and that Butterfield was riding recklessly Trial court: jury instructed that if an individual riding with reasonable care could have avoided the pole and that Butterfield was not riding with care‚ Forester should win Trial Court
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Available at: http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Trends-Reports/Jamie-s-Italian-set-for70m-turnover [Accessed 19 March 2011]. Jamie Oliver.com.‚ (2011) Jamie’s Italian. [online]. Available at: http://www.jamieoliver.com/italian/ [Accessed 12 March 2011]. Kühn‚ K.‚ (2007) Jamie Oliver to launch new high-street restaurant group. [online] 8 October 2007. Available at: http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2007/ 10/08/316517/jamie-oliver-to-launch-new-high-street-restaurant-group.htm [Accessed 19 March 2011]
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For my research paper I chose to reflect on the reading by Heather Douglas and her argument epistemic values must play a role in proper science. Throughout my paper I will explain how the problem of inductive risk as explained by Kuhn and Hempel shapes her view that we must consider non – epistemic consequences as a result from science thus we must weigh non epistemic values as an integral part of science. Douglas also explains how non – epistemic values play a role throughout the stages of science
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causes another variable to change Spurious Correlations: a relationship that seems to appear between two variables‚ but is actually caused by something that external‚ or intervening variable Paradigm Shifts * Research can lead to what Thomas Kuhn called “a paradigm shift‚” or a change in the way we think about some aspect of life. Methods: How do we gather data? 1. Ethnography -studying people in their own environments in order to understand the meanings they give to their activities.
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Jeffries‚ Johnson‚ & Griffiths‚ 2010). Accurate documentation is seen not only as a record of patient care (Rodden‚ & Bell‚ 2002) but also as an essential means of communication to other health professionals (Björvell‚ Wredling‚ & Thorell-Ekstrand‚ 2003; Kuhn. et al. 2015). Clinical documentation has evolved over time and has progressed from handwritten narrative
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work better. Source: http://psyfactor.org/lib/hotornskiy_experiment.htm The scientific concept of paradigm is a typical example or pattern of something‚ in other words describes distinct concepts or thought patterns. The historian of science Thomas Kuhn gave it its contemporary meaning when he adopted the word to refer to the set of practices that define a scientific discipline at any particular period of time. In my opinion‚ paradigms are examples of events or situations in life in your head. For
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by one character towards the audience. Soliloquies were frequently used in dramas but went "out of fashion" when drama shifted towards realism in the late 18th and 19th century. contemporary con·tem·po·rar·y /kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri/ Show Spelled [kuhn-tem-puh-rer-ee] Show IPA adjective‚ noun‚ plural -rar·ies. adjective 1. existing‚ occurring‚ or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton’s discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz. 2. of about the same
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