How Science is an Evidence-Based Way of Knowing (short version)
Link to FileA brief description of physical science(s) as a knowledge discipline based in empiricism. Deep Time Journey Network would like this to serve as a guide for non-scientists about what is science-based and what is involved in making information scientific knowledge.
- Used by people who call the work: Big History, Gaia Theory/Science-Based Systems Thinking
- Applies a deep time evolutionary perspective to: Biology and Earth Systems Science, Ecology/Sustainability
- Learning Stages: Adult Education, Higher Education, Lifelong, Middle 6 - 8, Secondary 9 - 12
- Type: Document
- Keywords: science knowledge, science facts, empiricism, reductionism, holism, systems, controls, peer review, citation, measurement, observation, blind experiment
- Why I love this Resource: A very straight forward introduction of what makes scientific knowledge different from other ways of knowing.
- File:https://dtnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/How-is-Science-an-Evidence-Based-Way-of-Knowing.pdf
- Posted By: James MacAllister
- Date Added: April 18, 2017