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BIAS
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What someone wants to believe.
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WORKABILITY
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Information gained by the scientific method if it can be used in other circumstances.
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SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
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Life comes from nonliving substances - evolution. (Van Helmont, John Needham)
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BIOGENESIS
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The concept that only living things can generate living things. (Francesco Redi, Louis Pastuer)
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WHY IS A LARGE PROBLEM MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THAN A SMALL ONE WHEN USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
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The larger the problem the more variables there are to control.
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WHY CAN SCIENCE NOT PROVE A UNIVERSAL STATEMENT?
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A universal statement includes terms such as, all, always, no, or never making it impossible to prove through experimentation.
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TERMS VALID & PROVED?
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Valid is useable but does not mean its correct or workable.
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LIST & DESCRIBE FOUR OF 8 LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE
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A)must deal w/ observable, measurable phenomena(b)can only decribe not explain(c)no experim't can b completely controlled(d)observ. may b faulty
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LIST 2 AREA OF HUMAN CONCERN IN WHICH SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF PROBLEM SOLVING IS USELESS, WHY?
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A)it cannot make value judgements or moral decisions (b)cannot be used to establish truth, cannot prove any statement beyond all doubt.
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LIST & DESCRIBE 2 MORE OF 8 LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE
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(e)man's beliefs affect his judgem't (f)must deal w/ repeatable results
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HOW DID VAN HELMONT TRY TO PROVE SPONTANEOUS GENERATION?
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Mice could be spontaneously generated by using sweaty rags, wheat grain in a dusty box.
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HOW DID JOHN NEEDHAM TRY TO PROVE SPONTANEOUS GENERATION?
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Infusions & microbes. He assumed his infusions where sterile where microbes grew spontaneously.
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HOW DID FRANCESCO REDI PROVE BIOGENESIS?
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Jars of meat. Maggots & flies found in the uncovered jars, not in the covered jars.
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HOW DID LOUIS PASTEUR PROVE BIOGENESIS?
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Swan-neck flask experiement, kept air & dust from infusions.
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LIST & DESCRIBE THE LAST 2 OF 8 LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE
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G)can't deal w/ values/morals(h)can't prove a universal statem't(i)can't est. truth
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