COM 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scientific Method
13 Feb 2020
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Babbe distinguished four ways of knowing. Knowledge obtained by strict adherence to forms and rules of logic. Applying these rules lead to the unknown. Ex: mathematics, syllogisms (major premise, minor premise conclusion) Needs to be observable to use the scientific method! The notion of the obvious is rejected. May not be as obvious as you think. Science does not deal with questions of definition. Science does not deal with questions of philosophy / religion. Science deals with questions of that can be answered through observation. Science is defined by it"s method, not content * Science consists of a series of steps that are applicable regardless of the content you"re studying same steps regardless of what you are studying. [2] statement of hypothesis of the relation of one variable to another. How the variables are related to one another. Variables change over time or varies from one another. Attributes value a variable takes on.
