HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pseudoscience, Scientific Revolution, Human Body
19 Oct 2017
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Plato all matter is made up of tiny triangles. Aristotle the earth is the center of the universe. Hippocrates human body is made up of four bodily fluids. Democritus education is for the unfortunate ( ignorance is bliss ) No science for a long time only religion as brought by christians. Myths o o o o o o o o o o. Science did not exist before the 17th century. No grey area a straight line between science and pseudoscience. History of scientific theories are to be studied - the outcome of science. Changes in the mosaic of accepted theories o. Natural sciences - physical, chemical or biological reality. Social science - human beings / human mind. Formal science - formal objects such as numbers and. Formal science - formal objects such as numbers and logic/mathematics. Any set of propositions that attempt to describe something. A change is any shifting of theories o.
