... that ropes A and C were the two ends ofthe same rope and B and D were two ends of anotherrope. Karen had A and B as ends of the same rope and C and D as ends of anotherrope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeperunderstanding ofnatureand by an appreci-ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.This triumph ofthe human mind says ... biological evolution and the natureand history of science. • Chapter 5, “Frequently Asked QuestionsAbout Evolution andtheNatureof Science, ”gives short answers to some ofthe questionsasked...
... toshow the relative positions and movements of the sun, planets, and moon as they cir-cled the earth. As the center ofthe uni-verse, the earth was a sphere in the center of the orrery. The other ... that ropes A and C were the two ends ofthe same rope and B and D were two ends of anotherrope. Karen had A and B as ends of the same rope and C and D as ends of anotherrope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeperunderstanding ofnatureand by an appreci-ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.This triumph ofthe human mind says...
... on the part of the concept user. Overall, the point ofthe proposed two-factor analysis would be to provethat the two elements can be understood independently of each other. The point of the ... Foot and Iris Murdoch in the 1950s. See Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, 217–18 n. 7. The original target ofthe argument was the prescriptivism of R.M. Hare.¹⁴ As Roger Crisp has noted the ... debate between ‘cognitivists’ and ‘non-cognitivists’ about the possibility andthenatureof moral knowledge. The formerassert, andthe latter deny, that some ofthe moral claims we make should...
... scientists, the house is the theory—something that unites the facts and makes themmeaningful and useful. Theories are formed when a con-nection between facts is first observed. The theories arethen ... will review the structure ofthe science exam and learn specific tips you can use to improve your score on the test. Read this chapter care-fully, and then review your notes from thescience section. ... that fit into the theory and by modifying the theory to include or explain the facts that do not fit.BeliefsOne ofthe most difficult tasks of a scientist is to remainobjective and prevent beliefs...
... Proximity ofthe Atlantic or the Mediterraneancoastlines, of allogen rivers or of Lake Chad, constitute yet other factors of differentiation, while thenatureofthe soil (whether it is rocky or sandy) ... deposited along the bedding planes ofthe sandstone bedrock as a consequence ofthe recharge of the hydrographic net inside the mountain and they implicate a high precipitation rate.A number of U/Th ... (Fedoroff and Courty, 1989; Cremaschi and Trombino, 1998).According to the stratigraphic sequence of Uan Afuda, in which this type of soilwas observed at the top of Unit 3, the development of the...
... successfully completed and at the end ofthe second semester. Because ofthe scope ofthe Master’s thesis, very high standards are set for its originality and for the intensity ofthe research required. ... standard of this program andthe fact that specialization takes place early on. In view of this complex environment, the MIME offers training for a specific segment of both the Swiss and ... of teaching and research on the subject of international economics and, especially, macroeconomics and monetary theory and policy, and they have built up an excellent national and international...
... generations of scientists, and it ex-plained everything from the orbits ofthe planets to the times of the tides, the fall of an apple, andthe path of a projectile. What’s more,during the preceding ... thermometer in the water and register how high the mercury rises. For this to happen some ofthe heat ofthe water musthave been used to heat up and expand the mercury in the thermom-eter. In other words, ... chapter, the story ofthenatureof matter, ofthe movement from certainty to un-certainty, forms a great circle. The more science left the world of eter-nal forms and principles to voyage into the...
... knowledge andthe implications of investigating the Universe from within.Our study ofthe limits ofscienceandthescienceof limits will take us from the consideration of practical limits of cost, ... incon-sistency in Nature, ofthe paradoxes of time travel, thenatureof freewill and the workings ofthe mind. Finally, we shall explore some ofthe strange implications of trying to pass from the consideration ... futures and locate our current abilities on the spectrum of possibilities for the manipulation ofNature in the realms ofthe large, the small, andthe complex. But practicalities are not the only...
... relations between the history ofscienceandthe psychological study of thinking and thus try to foster and demonstrate the possibility of a synthesis of psychology and the study ofthe sciences—our ... The theory that goes the farthest in its theoretical borrowing from the history ofscience is the “theory the- ory” as propounded by Gopnik and Meltzoff (1997). The central tenet of this theoryis ... about thenatureof creative activity. The purported trade-off between concentration on the individual creator on the one hand, and generalizations on the other is deceiving. First of all, there...
... Pinch and Wiebe Bijker’s (1987) transfer of concepts from the study of science to the study of technology, under the title “social construction oftechnology (SCOT), argued that the success of ... How the Sociology ofScienceandthe Sociology ofTechnology Might Benefit Each Other,” in Wiebe E. Bijker, Science andTechnology Studies and an Engaged Program 29given way to a constellation of ... between the more “theoretical” andthe more “activist” sides to STS, but there are plenty of Science andTechnology Studies and an Engaged Program 19Technical decisions are the focus of Collins and...