The nature of science

Question 1

Ways of Knowing

Answer 1

The different paths we take to understanding ourselves and the environment.

Question 2

Science is a way of knowing characterized by…

Answer 2

testing observations to understand the physical and natural world

Question 3

Limits of Science

Answer 3

• Science doesn’t make moral judgements
• Science doesn’t make aesthetic judgements
• Science doesn’t tell us how to use scientific knowledge
• Science doesn’t draw conclusions about supernatural things

Question 4

Nature of Science

Answer 4

• How we describe all of the characteristics that distinguish science as a way of knowing from other ways of knowing
• power comes from understanding the nature of science

Question 5

Laws

Answer 5

describe universal relationships related to how some aspect of the natural world behaves under certain conditions so we can predict initial predictions