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CUI Bio Test 1

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QuestionAnswer
Meno Socrates Socratic Method
Socratic Method Asking questions Becoming perplexed
Einstein Axioms Have something you believe to be true and bring it into another idea
Aquinous Put theology and truth together
Aprori Knowledge before an experiment Prior
Aposteriori Subsequent to dependent on experience or empirical data
Scientific Method Hypothesis Inductive Thinking Deductive thinking Testing the hypothesis Conclusions/Finding results
Strengths of scientific method Testing the hypothesis
Weaknesses of scientific method Uncontrollable variables Not everything can be answered
Induction Conclusions drawn from the senses or based on observations
Deduction If/then logic
Empirical Based on experimentation
Falsifiable Can be proven wrong
Heuristic enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves
Salient most noticeable or important
Immutable can't be changed
Characteristics of Science Naturalistic Emperical
Culture of Science Materialist/Naturalistic Searches for the truth Has problems with being wrong Exists within a publish or perish environment Can be arrogant and insecure
Definition 1 of evolution any change
Definition 2 of evolution changes in gene frequency in the gene pool of a population
Definition 3 of evolution development of new organs or structures
Definition 4 of evolution philosophical evolution
Vestigial structure Evolutionary left overs
Homology similar structure/common ancestry
Embryology the branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development
Aristotle 384-322 BC Not ruled by arbitrary gods
Aquinas 1225-1274 Incorporated Aristotelian truth into Judeo-Christian theology
Capernicus 1473-1543 earth revolves around the sun
Galileo 1564-1642 principle of inertia
Newton 1642-1727 Laws of motion Gravitation
Linnaeus 1707-1778 kinds=species
Darwin 1809-1882 Origin of species Natural selection
Origin of Species 1859
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