Scientific Worldviews: Ancient, Modern, and Current
Scientific Worldviews
The sociologist Max Weber used the term disenchantment of the world to explain the transformation implied by the rise of science in the relationship of man with reality. Man is no longer the center of Creation. Science and philosophy offer an explanation, answering why phenomena occur. This explanation of the universe creates a consistent image, compatible with known phenomena, determining both the essential components of reality and the laws governing them. These explanations
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The Observation in Computer Science
A belief can be considered to be known when it is justified, when it is supported by evidence. Science is intended to provide information about the real world through observation. Science tries to describe and explain what has been observed and predict future events. Science cares only for what is directly and indirectly observable.
Direct and Indirect Observation
Observing is an act. It serves several aspects. Observation is not synonymous with seeing. The observation
Read MoreConcept Maps and Case Studies for Effective Learning
Concept Maps
Concept maps allow teachers to collaborate with students, exploring background knowledge and helping students organize, interrelate, and establish understanding of the content studied. The exercise of concept mapping promotes reflection, analysis, and creativity. Concept maps align with a learner-centered model of education, focusing on the development of skills rather than rote memorization, and seeking the harmonious development of all dimensions of the person, not just intellectual
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The Scientific Method
The scientific method is an ordered set of procedures that uses scientific research to observe the extent of our knowledge. We can conceive the scientific method as a structure, a framework consisting of consistently concatenated rules and principles. The scientific method is perhaps one of the most useful or appropriate methods, as it can provide answers to our questions. Answers are not obtained immediately as true, pure, and complete, without having gone through error. This
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Definition of Two Main Parts
Two main parts are worth highlighting. On the one hand, an assessment is not an investigation; the big difference is the value judgments involved in any evaluation. The other aspect is that the assessment is restricted to the results. The set of variables that can impact program outcomes are so diverse that they make assessment a complex evaluation.
The activity is a process that requires efficiency, skills, and negotiation abilities. Also, we cannot forget that the results
Galileo and Newton: The Birth of Modern Science
The Birth of Modern Science: Galileo and Newton
The form of knowledge that we call science has a relatively short history. It was Galileo who was aware, by the time of creating a “new” scienza (science).
Copernicus and Galileo were not only unique, but their discoveries, which designed a new method of knowledge, implied a completely different understanding of reality.
The beginning of any such mechanism leaves behind Platonic animism and finalism as forms of relating to the world, to enter into *mathematized*
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