BIO 1130 Lecture 2: BIO 1130 Lecture 2 Chapter 1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Chapeau

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1. 1 the definition of science: a coherent body of knowledge related to certain categories of facts, objects or phenomena obeying laws that are verifiable through experimental methods, scientific inquiry aims to acquire new knowledge, two approaches. 1. 2 the scientific method: 1. 2. 1 inductive reasoning (linked to a descriptive-based approach): Making a generalization often based on numerous specific observations. Particular general: 1. 2. 2 deductive reasoning (linked to a hypothesis-based approach): Involves stating a hypothesis and drawing conclusions (after experimentation or observation) from this hypothesis. Inductive reasoning: observation: this orange is sweet, general: all oranges are sweet. All scientific inquiry starts with one or more multiple observations. Subsequently, the scientific process, must be implemented. Scientific hypotheses must be verifiable, refutable, reproducible. From a hypothesis, you can make a prediction. Predictions must be testable and give a clear result. Hypothesis can be falsified or not falsified. We can never prove that a hypothesis is the scientific truth.