Quiz 1 Flashcards by Mattie Clemmons

Things under “Science”

Natural World
Research 
Observation 
Testable Facts
Theories/Hypotheses
Laws
History/Origins
Experiments

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Things that are “Not Science”

Religion 
Philosophy
Conjecture
Miracles
Opinions
Art
Music
Faith
Morality/Ethics
Afterlife

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This type of reasoning has led to modern science

Inductive Reasoning

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Items in the “Core” of Science

*Inductive Reasoning
*Objective Evidence
*Major Theories
Atomic Theory
Molecular Binding
Cell Theory
Germ Theory
Quantum Electrodynamics
Big Bang Cosmology
Thermodynamics
Plate Tectonics
Newtonian Dynamics
Electromagnetism
Chaos Theory
Natural selection
Special and General Relativity
Common Descent
Quark-gluon theory
Stellar life cycles
Nuclear Decay

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Items in the “Periphery” of Sciene

Origin of life
String "theory" 
Artificial consciousness
Time travel 
Genetic Engineering
Cellular Regeneration
Strict Determinism
Multiverse
Materialism
Interpretations of Quant. Mechanics
Planetary Formation
Extra-terrestrial life

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These topics are unlikely to change in significant ways and are extremely accurate approximations of what is true

Items in the core

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These items are subject to major revolutionary advances, radical changes, or complete dismissal as new data becomes available

Items in the Periphery

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The study of how we gain knowledge

Epistemology

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How do we find truth?

Reasoning/rational thought*
Experience/observation*
Appeals to authority/revelation
Intuition/emotion
Leap of faith

*primary for sci

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the “Main Goal” of Science

To build general theories

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The study of the aspects of the universe that can be objectively defined, described, and measured

natural science

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T/F Early science used inductive reasoning

F, deductive (now uses inductive)

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How does deduction work?

Assumed general principle
+ facts and observations
= (with logic) a specific fact

*IF general principle is incorrect, the result will be as well

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How does Induction work?

Facts/Observations
+ more facts/observations
+ more
= (with logic) a general principle (may not always be 100% true)

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Deism

God created the world and left it

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Theism

God is involved in the world

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Polytheism

There are many gods

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Pantheism

God is in everything

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Atheism

No god

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Agnosticism

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Don’t know if there is a god

Animism

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There are spirits in everything

Materialism

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The material world is all we have; spirits don’t exist

This is the belief that anything complex can be explained by knowing what its smallest parts do

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Reductionism

The belief that all events are caused by a series of prior events all the way back to the beginning of the universe

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Determinism (led to Calvinistic beliefs)

nothing exists outside the realm of natural law and physical matter/energy

Naturalism/Materlialism

What are the 4 methods of interaction between science and faith?

Conflict Independence/Separation Dialogue/Harmony Integration/Synthesis

This method of interaction says that science and faith are at war and one can be used to invalidate/disprove the other

Conflict

This method of interaction says that science and faith each have its own "realm" in which it can answer questions--stay out of each other's way

Independence/Separation

Method of interaction that says faith and science can inform and enlighten the other and provide useful info for each other without dictating doctrine or theory

Dialogue/Harmony

This method of interaction says there is no distinction between the realms of science and faith; 2 ways of talking about the same thing

Integration/Synthesis

Which 2 types of methods of interactions does Dr. Huddleston like

Dialogue/Harmony | Integration

List of theories that have popularized conflict model

- Determinism - Matierliasm - "Fallen" Nature - Revelatory Supremacy - Literalism

This belief says revelation supersedes experience and that any true science is revealed in Scripture

Revelatory Supremacy

This belief says the Bible should be taken at face value

Literalism

2 assumptions of literalism

1. Literal statements are more valid | 2. Literalism requires no interpretive methodology

As Protestantism grew in Europe, so did the scientific method. T/F

What were the "two books" from which Galileo argued we could learn about God?

- The Scriptures | - The book of Nature

Discovered heliocentric beliefs

Copernicus

T/F Geocentricism was started by Aristotle and eventually supported by the Catholic Church (with the help of St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas)

What is the "correct" definition for myth

-a narrative story

Advantages to unifying theories

- reveal deeper truths about nature - lead to unexpected discoveries - allow new tech to be developed - scientists find unifying theories aesthetically pleasing

Examples of time and space being interconnected

-time dilation -length of contraction -relativity of simultaneity -

Examples of mass/energy being interconnected with space-time

- gravitational lensing - black holes - worm holes

Observations or measurements in science

Scientific Facts

General conclusions about how the world works; well tested and supported by evidence

Scientific theories

3 things a good hypothesis does

1. explains current data 2. predicts future outcomes 3. is falsifiable

This formula shows how energy and mass are interconnected

E=mc2

Shows that forces of nature are interconnected

-Newton's discovery that one force is responsible for falling apples and orbiting planets

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