Module 1 Flashcards

(5 cards)

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This seeks to understand the natural world through observation, experimentation, and reasoning.

Based on empiricism and falsifiability.

It changes and improves over time — it is self-correcting.

It helps us ask and answer questions about the world.

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Science

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Means knowledge through experience.

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Empiricism

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Means that ideas must be testable.

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Falsifiability

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It is the study of abstract structures, numbers, and patterns.

Rooted in logic, deduction, and pure reasoning.

It can be both discovered (as part of the universe) and invented (as a human language/tool).

It gives us the tools to describe and analyze those questions precisely.

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Mathematics

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This is the application of scientific and mathematical knowledge to create tools, systems, and solutions.

It involves ethical and social dimensions.

It takes those answers and transforms them into practical tools and systems.

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Technology

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