Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Philosophy of Science Questions Reworded

For questions 1 and 2 I would like your thoughts and include examples from your experiences and/or this class. 


(1) Science offers us a powerful tool for the discovery of truth, science is not the only, or even necessarily the best way that humans come to know reality. 

(2) The existence of a single, objective scientific method is a myth. 





On the following statement I would like to know if there is a way around this. Can we approach experiments or observations objectivity?

(3) We always approach an object, experiment, or observations with a set of prejudgements: we have identified what the problem or question is, we know what information we are looking for, and what counts as an answer.

Example: When we started the physics projects we were only looking for data concerning motion. Were there other things we should be paying attention to?