BJU Physical World - Intro to Physical Science - Ch 1
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data
scientific information
observation
The collection of data through use of the senses.
science
The systematic use of observations to describe the physical universe.
pure science
Scientific activities motivated by interest or curiosity and performed to gain knowledge for its own sake.
applied science
Scientific activities directed toward solving specific problems.
technology
The practical applicaion of scientific knowledge.
value judgement
A decision regarding the rightness, beauty, worth, or some other immeasurable characteristic of an object or action.
humanism
The philosophy that considers man the center of all things and the ultimate authority in the universe.
evolution
The belief that the physical universe somehow structured itself out of self-existing matter, and that its parts continue to organize themselves into more complex structures as time progresses.
mutation-selection theory
The belief that living things evolved from more primitive life forms by random changes in the DNA.
Creationism
One who believes the biblical account of the Creation.
theistic evolution
The attempted harmonization of evolution with belief in a god.
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