HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pseudoscience, Scientific Method, Heavy Object
5 Jan 2018
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Aristotle: the earth is in the centre of the universe. Hippocrates: human body is made of four humours. He knew the answers, but it wasn"t accessible. Science began in the 17th century with galileo and newton. Galileo was a martyr of science who fought against the dogmatism of clergy. It is accepted in the contemporary science that god does not exist. Science proves its theories by experiments and observations. The method of science is universal and unchangeable. Science is a rational enterprise because of its universal method. Each succeeding scientific theory contains more and more true claims. There is a strict demarcation line between science and pseudoscience. Theories we believe provide best description of the world. Set of propositions that attempt to describe something. Some 250 years ago the mosaic of accepted theories was very different. If we could go back in time 500 years, we would hardly recognize anything in the mosaic.
