SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION

 SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION

Science is the study of the natural world through observation and experiment. One of the goals of science is an explanation. Scientists explain to other scientists how a particular gene regulates a phenotype, how patterns in the luminance of a particular star indicate the presence of planets, how the sizes of the populations of two particular linked species vary with environmental changes. And also the place of our planet and sun among the stars, and the effects of ecology on our lives and livelihoods. We offer explanations to each other and to ourselves in our daily lives and in our various specialized fields. 

But the importance of science and the differences between scientific practices and other practices have led many to consider scientific explanation as a topic of study in its own right. By understanding scientific explanation we may shed light on other forms of explanation, or on the distinction between science and non-science. These goals are important, but the primary goal here is to understand what scientific explanation is. This is valuable to the extent that it leads to better scientific explanations and thus to better science.

SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION

The scientific explanation uses observations and measurements to explain something we see in the natural world. Scientific explanations should match the evidence and be logical, or they should at least match as much of the evidence as possible. 

The three cardinal aims of science are prediction, control, and explanation. But the greatest of these is an explanation. Also the most inscrutable. Prediction aims at truth, and control at happiness, and insofar as we have some independent grasp of these notions, we can evaluate science’s strategies of prediction and control from the outside. The scientific explanation uses observations and measurements to explain something we see in the natural world. Scientific explanations should match the evidence and be logical, or they should at least match as much of the evidence as possible.

Explanation Vs Confirmation

The explanation is the process of making something easy to explain or understand or put into action. Saying or showing the reason or reason for something. Confirmation is used in epistemology and the philosophy of science whenever observational data and other information that is taken for granted speak in favor of or support scientific theories and everyday hypotheses. In contemporary philosophy, confirmation theory can be roughly described as the area where efforts have been made to take up the challenge of defining plausible models of non-deductive reasoning.

TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION

There are four type of scientific explanation. There are Deductive model explanation, Probabilistic explanation, Functional or teleological explanation and, Genetic explanation.

• Deductive model explanation

Those facts are explained by-laws, laws by higher laws, or theories. There is a deductive order as laws are subsumed under higher laws. So within a system, the law of lesser generality is deduced from a law on higher-order as the latter explains the former. Thus within a system of laws, there is a logical order in accordance with the principle of generality. 

• Probabilistic explanation

This explanation is given on the basis of statistical data, it is called a probabilistic explanation. Here the supposed fact is expected on the basis of statistical findings. 

•  Functional or teleological explanation

In practical life very often this type of explanation is given, so it is also called the primitive explanation. Here a fact is explained by tracing its role or function in the system. The purpose is used in the sense of intention as if such things are done intentionally. But no such intention can be known in the case of natural events. So such explanations are called functional explanations.

• Genetic explanation

When some process develops in a way to finally come to a result it is called genetic explanation. Here through a course of development, some result comes. That means something passes through different phases to an end

WHAT ARE LAWS OF NATURE

Natural laws are always working, whether we believe or understand them. They are based on the quantum knowledge that everything is energy. Everything in the universe, including us, is connected through this sea of energy. What we feel, think, say, and do are all forms of energy through which our realities are created. There are seven  laws in nature, The Law of Vibration, The Law of Relativity, The Law of Cause and Effect, The Law of Polarity, The Law of Gestation, The Law of Rhythm, and The Law of Transmutation.

The 7 Natural Laws of The Universe

1. The Law of Vibration

Really another way of talking about the Law of Attraction. Everything has a vibration to it. Whatever your vibration, frequency, or whatever you resonate with is what you’re going to draw into your life. Your emotions around any part of life are your vibration in that area. If you’re dealing with heavier feelings, your vibration is heavier and slower. If you’re in a  place of higher emotions, your vibration is lighter and higher.

2 . The Law of Relativity

Simply put, everything is relative. If you’re looking at a problem and hyper-focusing on it, it can start seeming overwhelming and like that problem is everything in your life. When this happens, you want to take a step back and see it relative to life and the world. Keep taking steps back until you can minimize just how big of a deal it seems and then return to working on the problem or challenge while maintaining that perspective.

3 . The Law of Cause and Effect

Looking at your life and diving deep into the mind, the cause of all your problems, everything you’re dealing with, the cause of your life, is thought mixed with emotion. When you take “unreasonable responsibility” for being the cause of everything in your life maybe some of the things you created originated from an unconscious place, but you still ultimately created them you empower yourself.

4 . The Law of Polarity

Everything has an opposite. You can’t have up without down, left without right, or masculine without feminine. And you can’t have a question without an answer already existing somewhere in the universe. You can’t have a burning desire for something without a way to achieve it. The challenge is that the answer is often outside our comfort zones.

5 . The Law of Gestation

Gestation is the period of time it takes for something to come into form. A baby goes through a gestation period of nine months. Certain things in the world and life tend to have “normal” gestation periods, but as the human race and technology progresses, these gestation periods often get shorter and shorter.

Realize that as you are working on yourself, things may move slowly at first, but that they can move faster and faster as you progress…and as you pay attention to the rest of these laws.

6 . The Law of Rhythm

Everything has a rhythm to it. The seasons of the year have a rhythm to them, as do how we eat, sleep, and wake up. To surf successfully, you have to get in rhythm with the waves. Rhythm is essential in music. Rhythm works everywhere. In life and anything you’re working on, you’re in rhythm when you’re not rushing or doubting; you’re riding the wave and feeling things out and adjusting.

7 . The Law of Transmutation

The transmutation period is when things you are working on are going haywire or feeling uncomfortable. Feeling like you should give up, stop, or go back. But like a caterpillar becomes a messy glob of goo but becomes a butterfly by going through that transmutation, a transmutation period of feeling very messy and uncomfortable is natural in anything big you’re trying to do or change in your life.

Thousands of years ago, our explanations about how the world worked were not very good. Things we couldn't understand were attributed to praise or vengeance from gods or thinking the world was random. Thanks to science, we have a much better idea about why things are the way they are. Science is the study of the natural world through observation and experiment. A scientific explanation uses observations and measurements to explain something we see in the natural world. Scientific explanations should match the evidence and be logical, or they should at least match as much of the evidence as possible.

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