BIOL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homo Erectus, Agricultural Science, Inductive Reasoning
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Define science: science is the study of the world around us and beyond us for the advancement of human knowledge. The scientific method (doesn"t exist: inductive reasoning is before the hypothesis; you observe before you formally test, deductive reasoning is based on testing first. Human interest in the natural world: nature is the natural world (a physical entity) What exists in the universe: science is how we make sense of it (a human activity) Our focus: the natural sciences: what else is there besides natural science? (not unnatural science or pseudo science) Social sciences (psychology, education, sociology, criminal justice, etc. ) Study what humans do; humans disrupt nature, can remove from control. Why do we need science: survival (needed to understand the natural world to live) Understand natural world basic science; use understanding applied. When did we start to think scientifically: classical greece 600 bce (first written records left) Natural philosophy (before science : anthropological and archeological evidence.
