Basics: The Nature of Science (Part One)

Guillotined Chemistry
Guillotined Chemistry
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Explores the basis of scientific endeavors! This video explains what the term 'empirical' means, differentiates observations and inferences, talks about three common kinds of inference and, finally, reviews the scientific method.

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0:00 Introduction
0:01 GUILLOTINED 18TH CENTURY
0:36 Science is built on EMPIRICAL data (based on observations/evidence gained from the natural world).
1:35 Science uses both observations and inferences.
3:56 Deduction: Using general premises to infer a specific conclusion (a.k.a. top-down logic ).
6:02 Abductive reasoning: Finding a hypotheses or theory to account for an observation. (a.k.a. 'Inference to the Best Explanation').
6:32 Empirical evidence is acquired through the SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
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