HUMAN 1C Lecture 2: Lecture 2
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The first principle of galileo is that it should be based on empirical evidence, facts, things that we can observe. We cannot start with pre-judgment because it tends to lead to prejudice and bias. Recalcitrant evidence evidence that resists what we want to say. One gives up a conventional view takes up a view that was strange and unaccepted at the time. Therefore, copernicans must have effective arguments for this view. (pp. You should not make steps in advance; just go where the facts lead you. If you know the prejudices and the facts, then you can adjust the facts to express those prejudices. Note all the evidence that counters your views. Once you collect the facts, you start to explain the facts (causal account). Scientists look for necessary links in nature, things that precede other things that make them happen.
