BZ 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Germ Theory Of Disease
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Thursday, january 19, 2017 week 1 day 2. Broad framework; explanation of phenomena. synthesis: ex: cell theory, germ theory, evolution, law. Speci c, concise, predictive description. not and explanation: *supported by many observations and testing, *accepted by a majority of professionals in the eld. Falsi able prediction; speci c statement to be tested: ex: insect herbivore tend to attack stressed plants rather than healthy plants. Can approach science from 2 basic directions: Inductive reasoning: many observations -> generate prediction to general rule, the best explanation for all these observations is , can propose hypotheses, develop theory or law, not logically certain. Deductive reasoning: use premises to generate speci c, logical certain predictions, than test, if this is true, then that must be true . Thursday, january 19, 2017: in science, this premise = hypothesis, prediction must be testable, fallible. often cannot prove true, contrast: Deductive reasoning attempts to use logically certain predictions.
