• The world is REAL; it exists apart from our sensory perception
of it.
• Humans can accurately perceive and attempt to understand
the physical universe.
• Natural processes are suffi cient to explain or account
for natural phenomena or events. In other words, scientists
must explain the natural in terms of the natural (and
not the supernatural, which, lacking any independent
evidence, is not falsifi able and therefore not science),
although humans may not currently recognize what those
processes are.
• By the nature of human mental processing, rooted in
previous experiences, our perceptions may be inaccurate
or biased.
• Scientifi c explanations are limited. Scientifi c knowledge
is necessarily contingent knowledge rather than absolute,
and therefore must be evaluated and assessed, and
is subject to modifi cation in light of new evidence. It is
impossible to know if we have thought of every possible
alternative explanation or every variable, and technology
may be limited.
• Scientifi c explanations are probabilistic. The statistical
view of nature is evident implicitly or explicitly when
stating scientifi c predictions of phenomena or explaining
the likelihood of events in actual situations.
• The world is REAL; it exists apart from our sensory perceptionof it.• Humans can accurately perceive and attempt to understandthe physical universe.• Natural processes are suffi cient to explain or accountfor natural phenomena or events. In other words, scientistsmust explain the natural in terms of the natural (andnot the supernatural, which, lacking any independentevidence, is not falsifi able and therefore not science),although humans may not currently recognize what thoseprocesses are.• By the nature of human mental processing, rooted inprevious experiences, our perceptions may be inaccurateor biased.• Scientifi c explanations are limited. Scientifi c knowledgeis necessarily contingent knowledge rather than absolute,and therefore must be evaluated and assessed, andis subject to modifi cation in light of new evidence. It isimpossible to know if we have thought of every possiblealternative explanation or every variable, and technologymay be limited.• Scientifi c explanations are probabilistic. The statisticalview of nature is evident implicitly or explicitly whenstating scientifi c predictions of phenomena or explainingthe likelihood of events in actual situations.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..
