Topic II. A Common Shared Reality and Scientific Advancement
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LEARNING GOALS
- B. CONCEPT ACQUISITION
- The process of science leads to self-correction through:
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- Cautionary Quotes: Mistakes, Misconceptions, & Misunderstandings
LEARNING GOALS
- B. CONCEPT ACQUISITION
- The process of science leads to self-correction through:
- a. Active experimentation & observation
- b. Peer review
- c. Rewards for better theories, even those that contradict current theories
- d. Responsiveness to new evidence/actively open-minded thinking
- e. Replicability and replication
- f. Multiple approaches to each problem allow convergent evidence
- g. Interconnected nature of science, and ongoing attempts to connect the pieces that are not yet connected (e.g. Biological Synthesis of genetics & natural selection as a successful instance, cognitive neuroscience as an instance of integration currently in progress, the challenge of connecting quantum physics to general relativity…).
- C. CONCEPT APPLICATION
- Defend critiques of science based on its provisionality by appeal to its self-correcting properties