When I was very young‚ my science teacher taught me Charles Darwin’s evolution theory‚ and I never doubted that theory since Darwin is a well-known scientist and the authority in the field of biology. Until one day‚ I became a Christian; I need to accept another theory which is that human beings are created by God. My knowledge had a crash. I have never seen neither earlier species develop to human beings nor God creates human beings by using mud. That is when I started to question the knowledge
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TOK Essay Natural Sciences - How far do expectations influence observations? Alysia Francis In my opinion I believe that expectations influence or observations greatly. If we think something will happen we are more likely to look hard for it. If we want something to appear then it is more likely that we will think that we see it. An example of this is when people hallucinate. Someone is more likely to see a ghost if they believe or are expecting to see one. In natural sciences when looking
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What is it about theories in natural and human sciences that make them so convincing? During the course of my Biology HL syllabus‚ I came across the theory of the fluid mosaic model. I instantly considered this theory to be absolute and accurate. This level of certainty was created with the first reading of the theory‚ and evoked the question as to what makes the theories formulated in natural and human sciences as convincing as they are. Both Natural and Human scientists take pride in the fact that
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How certain can we be in the Natural Sciences? Natural Sciences are ideally defined as branches of science that seek to expose the rules and laws that govern the natural world by using scientific methods. In addition‚ Natural sciences can also be referred to as the knowledge of processes that occur and are observable in nature‚ as distinguishable from abstract or human sciences. They are mainly used to understand how the world and universe around us works. There are five main branches‚ which
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TOK Human Sciences Essay: When compared to the natural science‚ it is difficult to consider the human science scientific. Defend or refute this statement. Introduction: There have always been debates on whether human science is considered scientific‚ especially when it is compared to natural sciences. In order to answer this question‚ I should first define the terms – science‚ natural science and human science. I define science as a systematic enterprise that organizes knowledge in testable
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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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It is a natural tendency for humans to seek for patterns to explain how and why certain things work. However‚ the fact that the universe has infinite complexity makes it beyond our abilities to make sense out of it; this is why we employ mapmaking to break things down to get us closer to the reality ‘out there’. Fundamentally‚ science is the process of mapmaking that utilizes what we can epitomize and think about to better represent and understand the world we live in. The idea of science can be
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Science does not as yet have a full understanding of the universe. However‚ it is suggested that with increased technology and theoretical advance‚ it may be only decades before this is achieved. Do you agree this is possible? What might be the consequences? Science is‚ at its heart‚ a quest; a quest whose goal is to create an understanding of the universe. In effect‚ science attempts to quantify reality. It does this in many ways; through experimentation and observation‚ through theorizing and
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The Relationship of the Human Sciences to the Natural Sciences To a great extent‚ however‚ the human sciences do encompass natural facts and are based on knowledge of nature. If one were to imagine purely spiritual beings in a realm of persons which consisted only of such beings‚ then their coming-to-be‚ preservation‚ and development‚ as well as their extinction - whatever representations we may form of the background from which these beings appear and into which they disappear - would be dependent
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Harry Ma 2013/03/19 Mr.Hodachok “To what extent does disagreement aid the pursuit of knowledge in the natural science?” The problem with natural science with the truth discovered is that an over confident belief on an aspect of knowledge or science‚ may lead to blindness in other aspects of the same field. Going back to the very start to the discovery of laws and theories in natural science‚ when unknown factors are first discovered by observation‚ scientists and experimentalists question
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