Natural Sciences TOK

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• Leerjaar 5

Natural Sciences

Amadou Cisse, Jip Rozemeijer, Diede Stoel & Loïs Verdonk

Natural Sciences

Natural Sciences

- seek to discover laws of nature

- based on observation of the world

- https://youtu.be/tJdjCJWv4yA?t=588

Pseudo Science

- Fake science

What makes the difference between science and pseudo science?

1. methods
2. hypotheses
3. experiment
4. materials

Problems with Observation

   -  Relevance​
              Selection
    -Expectations
                                           Predetermined outcome​

    - Expert seeing​

          Materials

   -  The observer effect

             ​Disturbance

Testing Hypotheses

In which order do you believe inductivism works?

Observation

Hypothesis

Experiment

law

theory

Induction

-Five key steps 

- Wrong conclusions​

    - Observations -> everything​
    Empirical

Falsification

Science, truth & value

-     Scientism​

               Science is everything​

    - Ethics

The Medical world & Natural Sciences

Their relation

- combination between natural and human sciences

-trail and error

- answer to everything

-> can lead to discussing

The End

Natural Sciences