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Logic Statements

Statement of problem

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The main skill is in stating absolutely no more than you are positive you know.

hypothesis to cause of problem

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You think of as many hypotheses as you can, then you design experiments to test them to see which are true and which are false.

experiments designed to test each hypothesis

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An experiment is a failure only when it also fails to adequately test the hypothesis in question; when the data it produces don't prove anything one way or the other

predicted results of experiments

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An experiment never fails solely because it fails to achieve predicted results. An experiment is a failure only when it also fails to adequately test the hypothesis in question; when the data it produces don't prove anything one way or the other.

observed results of the experiments

conclusions from the results of the experiments

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Skill comes in stating no more than the experiment has proved.

Logic Used

Inductive

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Observation of the machine that arrive at general conclusions. Reasoning from particular experiences to general truths.

Deductive

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Do reverse of inductive. They start with general knowledge and predict a specific observation.

Careful Observation and Precise Thinking

Main purpose of scientific method?

Only discover while looking?Related to scientific method?

Goal of science is ultimately absolute knowledge

Do today's scientists know more or less than those of a century ago?