SOME THOUGHTS ON SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. TODAY’S SCIENCE TEACHER FACES A DIFFICULT TASK.
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SOME THOUGHTS ONSOME THOUGHTS ON SCIENCE AND SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHY
TODAY’S SCIENCE TEACHER FACES A DIFFICULT TASK
WE ARE TO TEACH SCIENCE WE ARE TO TEACH SCIENCE AND ACCOMIDATE DOGMAAND ACCOMIDATE DOGMA
BUT, THERE ARE OBVIOUS CONFLICTS
AS BEST WE CAN, WE AS BEST WE CAN, WE WANT TO TEACH TRUTHWANT TO TEACH TRUTH
LET’S LOOK AT HOW SCIENTESTS THINK AND WHAT THEY DO
OUR WORKING PREMISESOUR WORKING PREMISESOUR WORKING PREMISESOUR WORKING PREMISES
Understanding the Universe is our job, and it Understanding the Universe is our job, and it can be understood.can be understood.
Our toolbox is the scientific method.Our toolbox is the scientific method. Ethics are necessary, but religion is not.Ethics are necessary, but religion is not. Errors happen. Errors happen. Truth would be wonderful, but………Truth would be wonderful, but………
Understanding the Universe is our job, and it can be understood.
Our toolbox is the scientific method
Ethics are necessary, but religion is not
Errors happen
The truth would be wonderful, but………
THE TOOLBOX—THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
STEPSSTEPS The problem A hypothesis A theory
The problem
A hypothesis
A theory
THREE CLOSING THOUGHTS
Galileo Galilei ~1834
“I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who
has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has
intended us to forgo their use”Galileo Galilei, ~1834
Carl Sagan ~1985
“Ten or twenty billion years ago, something happened – the Big Bang, the event that began our
universe. Why it happened is the greatest mystery we know. That it
happened is reasonably clear.”Carl Sagan, ~1985
Distinguishing between religious and science ideas is difficult. Perhaps one test helps – if a person is absolutely certain,
it’s religion.