HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Formal Science, Body Fluid, Pseudoscience
30 Oct 2016
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Plato: all tings are made up of triangles. Aristotle: the earth is in the centre of the universe. Christians: god created everything no science just religion. Science was created in the 17th century in the likes of galileo and newton. Galileo was a martyr of science who fought against the dogmatism o clergy. The scientific revolution liberated science from religion. Contemporary science is independent from any metaphysics (stuff we cannot observe) It is accepted in the contemporary science that god does not exist. Science proves its theories by experiments and observations. The method of science is universal and unchangeable same past 200 years. Science is a rational enterprise because of its universal method. Each succeeding scientific theory contains more and more true claims. There is a strict demarcation line between science and pseudoscience. History of science: the history of scientific theories, and outcome of science are the theories. Changes in the mosaic of accepted theories.
