Others are creative to some degree, but they do not have the academic capacity to connect that with their inventiveness. Commonly, it is assumed that a genius has an exceptional and original way of approaching situations in the world, reinventing ideas and potentially creating something so massive that it revolutionizes the way others think. Could that be true? All throughout time there have been geniuses leaving their mark on society. There have been religious geniuses that have shaped the major religions as we know them today.
and of how these identities can be bias on scientific facts. Martin also talks about the effects of science on society. The author introduces Foucault's influence, that science is implicated in how institutions govern individuals and populations. Another focal point of this chapter is how scientific findings are reviewed by their peers to certify knowledge. Martin also explains how knowledge is social and material.
Kuhn said that science is dotted with scientific revolution. Meaning that no theory is ever true. However others might disagree, since usually a theory is never conclusively falsified. A theory is usually built upon through new paradigms. Meaning that a theory usually evolves from one point to a higher, and continues like this with time.
There are more than seven billion people on our planet and each individual has a different belief, but why is it that faith as an individual is such a controversial topic? Why can’t faith be used as a basis of knowledge? The answer is more difficult then it may seem, some people believe that faith cannot be used as the basis to get knowledge simply because there is no sustantial evidence of explaining it, because it cannot be shown, therefore a fallible source. For that reason, people choose the more scientific approach because it provides evidence. This undoubtly is the quitessential what the Natural Sciences is based upon.
“Science is right & religion is wrong.” I personally, believe that this statement is not correct. This is because, there are some phenomenons in this world and in this universe that science can’t explain but religion however can- an example of this is would be the Mayan civilization; They predicted many of the natural disasters that came to be and they were far more advanced than us. This clearly proves that science is not always right and religion is not always wrong. Most Muslims would contradict this statement. This is due to the fact that Muslims believe that we (Humanity) are in the progress of learning and that we will come to understand the truth one day.
Scientific reasoning is the process, which provides evidence for scientific theory. Induction is common throughout scientific reasoning since scientists’ use inductive reasoning whenever a limited data is used to form more general conclusions (Okasha, 2002). Induction is used to decide whether claims about the world are justified. Inductive reasoning is prevalent throughout science since it is common to have a sample size that does not include all of the possible test subjects needed for the study. This leaves the possibility that one of the test subjects not included in the sample could prove the conclusion to be incorrect.
What is it about theories in the natural and human science that make them convincing? A theory is a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain an idea or occurrence. In the fields of natural and human science, there are many theories that have been declared by experts, in order to explain random occurrences and patterns. Any expert can publish a theory on a specific concept, but in order for that theory to be accepted by society first. This is where the convincing element of a thesis and theory should be very persuasive and eminent.
The old ideal of science Aristotle and many more Greeks played an important role in defining what we now know as science and hence the relevance of mentioning their contributions when discussing issues of scientific philosophy and all that it concerns. The ideals of scientific discourse are now far removed from what initially was for the Greek, the reason for this is due to the contributions of other scientists, however, the current intentions deep scientific method and the definition of science as such, correspond to the same intentions of Aristotle: "know the reality and make it intelligible" Something very important that we
In this respect, religion and its associated values may be seen as the ‘legs’ keeping science ‘upright’ and ethical, hence Einstein’s statement. Science, logic and reason have the ability to empower and benefit mankind immensely, but such power in the hands of someone without empathy would be dangerous and hazardous for society. Due to the dominance of religion in society during the advent of modern science, religious teachings and doctrines have had a significant role to play in shaping early scientific practices and ethics. The Hippocratic Oath is testament to the influence religion had over early medical practices, for example. The Hippocratic Oath, which is among the oldest and most popular medical code still in use today, originally required medical physicians to swear upon Hellenistic pagan deities such as Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, to maintain certain morals and principles as they practiced medicine (Rice University 2014).
While none of these issues have precise answers, but there is a scientific methodology, which is the best of what people can approach to them. Science includes the selection and analysis of the facts with highly sophisticated methods. Currently, this topic is very relevant, and about science and religion there are enough different debates, disputes. It is preferred not to separate them, because science and religion do