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Bob Jones Chpt 1.1
Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Doctrine of Humors | The belief that living things are composed of four different humors, or fluids, and that the ratio between these humors affected the function of the organism. |
| Creation Mandate | God's command in Genesis 1:28 requiring that man "subdue" or have stewardship over the earth. |
| Doctrine of Signatures | The belief that the Creator left signs (signatures)in plants and other organisms that showed which ailments or organs they were intended to treat. |
| spontaneous generation | The formation of living organisms from nonliving materials. |
| infusion | A nutrient-rich solution in which microorganisms can live. |
| microbe | a microscopic organism. |
| logical reasoning | The process of arriving at a conclusion through a series of ordered steps. |
| inductive reasoning | The process of beginning with many facts or assumptions in order to reach a general conclusion. |
| deductive reasoning | The process of beginning with known facts and predicting a new fact. |