PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Falsifiability, Fallacy, Electrocardiography
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Gregor mendel (1822-1884) and the birth of genetics: mendelian inheritance. One dominant factor (y in this case) means that a pea with factors (g,y) or (y, g) will be yellow. Green peas have (g, g) as factors. 3 ways for yellow: (y, y), (y, g), (g, y) His postulations were based on something intangible; factors . Abduction the method of science: science proceeds by: investigating unexplained phenomena, devising hypothesis of theory which explain these phenomena and make testable predictions, ex. The discovery of neptune: using math and newton"s theory of gravitation, adams and le verrier explained oddities in uranus" orbit by hypothesizing the existence of. Confirmation: not deductively valid o does not necessarily confirm h. Scientific theories can never be proven 100% true because of falsification. H (hypothesis) implies o (a testable observation) Disconfirmation: deductively valid - *note* a scientific hypothesis must be falsifiable because.
