The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14

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Historically speaking, there is no one scientific method. There’s more than one way to make knowledge. In this episode we’re going to look at a few of those ways and how they became more of the “norm.”

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22 Comments

  1. The Solomon`s house reminds me of how Disney supposedly divided his workforce: into different floors for different tasks: In one floor the people was supposed to create ideas, in another they critisized the ideas, and in another they were realists. They were supposed to not mingle.

  2. I wish we could create a class for our youth, maybe as early as 4th grade, called Epistemology, and apart from Science class. This would change our future to have everyone more critical thinkers and able to take a look at ourselves as humans and how we are affecting the planet. If only I had this when I was young, I wouldn't have struggled so much to figure things out.

  3. Alhazen Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham
    Known for Book of Optics, Doubts Concerning Ptolemy, Alhazen's problem, Analysis, Catoptrics, Horopter, Moon illusion, experimental science, scientific methodology, visual perception, empirical theory of perception, Animal psychology
    Scientific career

  4. Actually we must be very clear: Church position on copernicanism was (even if not always intentionally) very pro-science. This theory was not clearly proven back then and reinterpretation of Bible as well as paradigm change had to be backed up by full philosophical and scientific evidence. Saint Robert Bellarmin, inquisitor in Galileo's case, said it very directly. Originally it was an idea of Saint Augustine – if something is not proven it shouldn't affect the interpretation of the Bible and vice versa if it's proven. Galileo's views were still speculation.

    God bless You! ✟

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