1. Under the Method of Induction individuals must first collect data, the facts about the world, they have to study and make observations about the world without creating a significance behind them, basically they must not create a purpose in the process of gathering information. Secondly the data collected has to be analyzed without the influence of any hypothesis, other than the ones required for logical thought, they must be unbiased in their analysis. Then we can generate the best hypothesis from our analysis. After which finally, we test this hypothesis with more observations and employ deductive reasoning in addition to the inductive. The problems with this method start in the first step in the collection of data, we cannot observe …show more content…
The Method of Hypothesis also known as Hypothetico-Deductive Method, does work better than the Method of Induction as it avoids its shortfalls and fits the scientific practice as it is more reliant on deductive reasoning. With this method one has the freedom of introducing any hypothesis and it is accepted if it is confirmed by empirical evidence. This works because when it is confirmed it is done in an objective manner that relies on empirical evidence and this means the way in which the hypothesis itself formed will not be of importance, so if it was a dream or an instinct all that matters is if the evidence will confirm it, even if the hypothesis was discovered by accident. The method will look at the hypothesis tested but it will also look at the auxiliary hypotheses (the helping assumptions) that helps in making observations. So unlike the Method of Induction we are considering other possibilities and we are using the auxiliary hypotheses, our observations as a result are made with purpose and are selective as they directly relate to our hypotheses and the auxiliary …show more content…
I have known about the basic understanding of the scientific method; I knew that in order to answer the questions we have about the world, we have to explore what we know about the world by observing it and testing our theories as well as experimenting to help gather new knowledge. However, now I have a much more in depth understanding of the scientific method. I for one did not think that every hypothesis can be taken seriously, such as a dream in our day and age, however I think that this makes sense as even accidental discoveries might have a missing peace to our puzzle and we should not overlook any possibilities and test them all. I found the story about Dr. Semmelweis’s Study of Childbed Fever really interesting, as it really displayed how the scientific method can be used to answer our questions rationally even in that time period. I was unfortunately not surprised they placed him in an insane asylum, I actually kind of predicted it as I was reading, as I know that is what their mind-set was during those
Within the cases detailed in Jennifer Kahn 's essay, “Notes from a Parallel Universe,” and Oliver Sacks ' essay, “Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science,” there are many similarities, largely in the reasoning behind the initial failures of newly presented and highly controversial theories. Standing chief amongst them is the credibility and scientific standing of the theory 's author. Take, for instance, the case of John Frederick Herschel. Herschel, an outsider of the realm of physicians to which he theorized, had no reasonable scientific standing in medicine. As a result of this, his ideas about an observable “Geometrical Spectra,” (Sacks, 143) were scoffed at or ignored by the physicians of his day. This is quite similar to the large
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Science is a study that can be viewed and interpreted in various ways. Some believe science to be based on facts and specific results, while others believe it to be based on creativity and spontaneity. In his account of the 1918 flu epidemic, The Great Influenza, John M. Barry characterizes scientific research as work that requires creativity, spontaneity, and intelligence through his use of rhetorical devices such as allusions, metaphors, and rhetorical questions.
Many people are inclined to say why would science even wish to peruse this method of research? Lewis Thomas says in his essay "The Hazards of Science" It would seem to me a more unnatural thing and more of an offense against nature for us to come on the same scene endowed... ... middle of paper ... ... J. Michael Bishop states that "The price of science seems large, but to reject science is to deny the future.
In order to properly extricate the truth from the fallacies of psuedopsychology the scientific method can be used as a tool. The scientific method is a form of critical thinking based on a careful collection of evidence, accurate description and measurement, precise definition, controlled observation, and repeatable results (Jackson, 2008). This method is composed of 6 bodies: 1. Make Observations; 2. Defining a Problem; 3. Proposing a Hypothesis; 4. Gathering evidence/Test Hypothesis; 5. Interpret/Analyze Data and Draw Conclusions; 6.Publishing Results, many scientist retest their experiment for more accurate results.
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... glasses is missing, you know that the last you saw them were when you put on your contacts in the bathroom, your hypothesis would be its in the bathroom, you go check the bathroom and find it there, you can conclude you left it there after taking putting on your contacts. According to Peirce, the scientific method is best at permanently fixing a belief.
Science is the knowledge gained by a systematic study, knowledge which then becomes facts or principles. In the systematic study; the first step is observation, the second step hypothesis, the third step experimentation to test the hypothesis, and lastly the conclusion whether or not the hypothesis holds true. These steps have been ingrained into every student of science, as the basic pathway to scientific discovery. This pathway holds not decision as to good or evil intention of the experiment. Though, there are always repercussions of scientific experiments. They range from the most simplistic realizations of the difference between acid and water to the principle that Earth is not the center of the Universe. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein depicts this very difference in the story of Victor Frankenstein. A scientist who through performing his experiments creates a monster which wreaks havoc upon humanity. Frankenstein concentrating wholly upon discovery ignores the consequences of his actions.
The reason Semmelweis is the unknown founder of the cure for childbed fever is because he never concretely published or shared his findings. Thankfully, Nuland has taken the time to compile all of this information to share Semmelweis’ story.
Inductive reasoning was use many times, voicing specific beliefs before explaining, in broad terms, why these beliefs were important. This use of bonding, pathos and inductive reasoning to encourage the audience to support birth control was very powerful.
William Wundt conceived psychology as a science that could be experimented. His work majored on the concept of voluntarism as a way of coming into terms with psychological problems. Wundt’s ideas of understanding psychological problems explored mental disorders and abnormal behavior, religious beliefs, and pronouncement of the damaged parts of the brain. Through his experiments, he was able to distinguish psychology as a distinct science from other topics. He believed that analyzing consciousness as an individual’s subjective experience of the mind and the world, should inform scientific psychology (Rieber, 2001).
He feels that induction is a myth and that we cannot make inferences after one observation. Induction acts as tests of conjectures and that the inductive process cannot determine the criteria for demarcation. Induction only makes theories probable, rather than certain. Popper’s views regarding induction are that he is accepting of an empirical method for the use of testing, but does not believe that theories can be inferred through the use of induction. The fate of a theory is decided by observation and experimentation, or the empirical methodology and the result of the tests. Only the fact that a theory can be falsified should be inferred by induction (experimentation) and this “inference is purely a deductive one”. Popper discusses the role of deduction in his philosophy further by stating that deduction has a role in science. This role is to discover the implications that a theory represents so that we can criticize them accurately rather than to prove theories. One question that one might ask is how do we really go from an observation to a theory? A theory must allow for an explanation of the problem using the process of
...et who is to determine the evidence and theory to determine whether it is ad hoc? More importantly, when interpreting this, no matter who does it, how will you get past induction when interpreting the theory and/or evidence?
The problem of induction has a close relation with the inductive reasoning and such expression as “a posteriori”. There are two distinct methods of reasoning: deductive and inductive approaches. A deductive argument is the truth preserving in which if the premises are true than it follows that the conclusion will be true too. The deductive reasoning goes from the general to the specific things. On the other hand, an inductive argument is an argument that may contain true premises and still has a false conclusion. Induction or the inductive reasoning is the form of reasoning in which we make a conclusion about future experience or about presence based on the past experience. The problem of induction also has a connection with the expressions as “a priori” and “a posteriori”. The truth in a priori statement is embedded in the statement itself, and the truth is considered to be as common knowledge or justification without the need to experience. Whereas, in order to determine if a pos...
There are two methods of approaching study of the world; deductive and inductive (L. Osburn, personal communication, August 11, 2011).