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Laudan, Boyd, and Putnam on Scientific Realism

In four pages scientific realism is examined in the concepts of Laudan, Putnam, and Boyd. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Scientific Realism Argument

In nine pages scientific realism as supported by Forrest's article is assessed. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

'No Miracles' Argument and Scientific Realism

not in the business of representing aspects of the world, there is no way to argue for a plurality of moral truths, simply from th...

Scientific Knowledge on Sharks' Attacking Humans

staying up all Sunday night and writing it, just so I didnt have to miss all day Sunday sun-burning my nose, while paddling around...

Evolutionary and Creation Scientific Theories

were placed upon the earth. The Darwinian theory of natural selection states, in effect, that creatures adapt to their sur...

Late Medieval Era and Scientific Discovery

In six pages this paper discusses the scientific advancements during this period with natural sciences, astronomy, geography, and ...

Scientific Negativity in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

claim that advances in the field would enhance quality of life as it could eradicate genetic disease, for example (Castle PG). It ...

Scientific Knowledge on Phantom Limb Pain

In five pages this research paper examines the incidence of limb pain in lost organs in a consideration of scientific knowledge re...

WWW, the Internet, and the Public Presentation of Technological and Scientific Issues

This paper examines the impact of the Internet and the World Wide Web upon public perceptions in a consideration of how technologi...

Scientific Credibility of Sigmund Freud

In ten pages this paper assesses the scientific credibility of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis. Sixteen sources are cited in the...

Scientific Perspectives of Nathaniel Hawthorne

The information, however, should prove sufficient for further investigation on the part of the student. Tales and Sketches: Scie...

Misconduct in Scientific Cases

biphenyls" combined to prove up to "1000 times more potent in mimicking estrogen when tested in combination" (ORI casesummaries.as...

Cloning of Human Beings Should Not Be Allowed for Religious, Scientific, and Moral Reasons

womb, is upon the world. These are issues of science fiction, but as time goes on they become science fact, a situation that has t...

1940s' Scientific and Technological Developments

The discovery in the 1940s that ticks are attracted to a cloth which had been impregnated with the scent of a dog (Miller, 1996), ...

1970s Technological, Scientific, and Cultural Events

opponents" (Anonymous Watergate and Nixons resignation 20f2b85ea95). Many high ranking officials were involved and all of the info...

Sixteenth Through Seventeenth Centuries' Scientific Concepts

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

Scientific Theories of Thomas Kuhn

break through by inventing a new paradigm are] almost always...either very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they chan...

Scientific Philosophies, Realism, and Antirealism

Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...

Scientific Method of Inquiry

natural phenomena consists of four steps: 1. Observation and description of a phenomenon of group of phenomena. 2. Formulation of...

Scientific Investigation Ethics and 'The Making of a Discovery' by Anne Sayre

Sayre illustrates in her essay, scientific discovery is a complicated process that often requires the input of countless scientist...

Proof, Empirical Evidence, and Scientific Theory

a further truth, it is only common sense that the empirical evidence gathered up to that time is the evidence that is taken to be ...

Literature Review, Scientific and Ethics Research

and Public Policy, 1995). These days, this still happens -- older scientists regularly mentor younger scientists and through that...

Extra Sensory Perception and a Scientific Argument Against It

primary methods employed for studies concerning ESP has been the "forced-choice" procedure, in which participants were asked to g...

Scientific Management and Taylor's Theories

has impacted on mass production and the criticisms of it the starting point needs to be with the work of the founder; Frederick Ta...

Scientific Management Theories, Motivation, and Theories

scientifically managed (Accel, 2003). Taylor had particular objectives for scientific management which are still used today in man...

Clinical Psychology and Scientific Practice

it from its tenuous hold as a scientific discipline. The main belief in this type of practices was that patients were chil...

Exploring the World of Scientific Discovery Through Changing Paradigms, Flexibility, and False Western Science Confidence

initially "sensory evidence - seeing, smelling, hearing, touching - generally confirms our knowledge giving us confidence that som...

Sociological Research and the Scientific Basis of Empiricism

in his groundbreaking compilation of scientifically conscious thought was that of other minds, a concept that was thoroughly devel...

Critiquing Barnes' and Bloor's 'Strong Programme' of Scientific Sociological Knowledge

counter the views of those sociologists who believe that this is not the case, that pure knowledge stands independent from social ...

Philosophical and Scientific Role of Rene Descartes

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...