ESS104H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Robert Hooke, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn
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Karl popper: useful hypothesis are falsi able: also thought highly of the impact of bias and creativity in science. Thomas kuhn: scienti c revolutions happen when establish theories fail due to new observations (paradigm shifts) Evidence from experience and experiments leads to conclusions. Explore the universe, nd out what there is to explain. Experiment and collect facts, eventually this collection will reveal the way nature behaves (an accumulation of facts) Explain and unify what we have found. Scientists should deduce the laws of nature by pure reason starting from the axioms of mathematics and our knowledge of the existence of god. Experiments are only needed to verify that one"s logical deduction was correct. Initial observation leads to the discovery of a larger pattern. Begin with a wider theory (that generates a testable hypothesis) and prove or disprove the theory. Robert hooke: inventor of the scienti c method: make puzzling observation. Wednesday, september 14, 2016: propose hypotheses to explain observation.
