[EAS201] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (134 pages long!)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Course: EAS201
• Professor: Hans Machel

Document Summary

Knowledge is belief justified as true to an absolute certainty , true beyond reasonable doubt. Science is knowledge covering generals truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through the scientific method. Scientific method is a set of principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge, involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses. Evaluation (tests) [field data, lab experiments, mathematics] validation invalidation. A hypotheses (claim) supported by many rigorous evaluation (tests) and not invalidated by a single one, becomes a theory (fact, truth, reality) Ockam"s razor if there is more than one explanation for something, the simplest one is probably true. Proof is not = being consistent with . Theory of plate tectonics (2nd top example) alfred wegener. Common sense is a dependable guide to evaluating the world no. Be skeptical: use intelligence to query common sense.