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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. |
| bias |
A mental leaning or inclination. |
HHS Shrek
