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Aspects of Philosophy of Science

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  ASPECTS OF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy involved with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central queries of this study concern what qualifies as science, the responsibility of scientific theories, and therefore the final purpose of science.  Let's see what are the aspects of philosophy of science. So I'm going to talk about in this, "Philosophy of science", "Logic and argument", "Learning and human understanding", "Testimony, reasons and rationality", "Ethic and happiness", "Race, ethnicity and culture", "Scientific explanation", "Scientific inquiry and hypotheses", and "Laws and  theories". PHILOSOPHY Philosophy is that the study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. About that questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved.  Met

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND HYPOTHESES

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  SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY  AND   HYPOTHESES Scientific inquiry refers to the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence derived from their work. It has included the traditional science processes but also refers to the combining of these processes with scientific knowledge, critical thinking, and scientific reasoning to develop scientific knowledge. It is different from the scientific method. Scientific inquiry helps us think outside the box to understand the natural world.  And the hypothesis is a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. It must have the ability to identify a possible outcome of an experiment or observation that argues with predictions taken from the hypothesis. If not so, the hypothesis is not a meaningful one. SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Scientific inquiry has two primary functions. First, it provides a description of how scientific inquiry is conducted in practice. And secondly, it