Major Theories
The theory that proven scientific theories are accurate and describe our universe well
Scientific realism
This philosopher introduced the concept of paradigm shifts?
Thomas Kuhn
Knowlege is derived from sensory experience
Empiricism
A time period from the 16th to 18th centuries when science underwent radical changes
The Scientific Revolution
The theory that scientific knowledge is constructed by scientists and not simply discovered from the world
Constructivism
Who is regarded as the father of empiricism
John Locke
A systematic approach using obervation, experimentation, and reasoning to aquire knowledge
The Scientific Method
Apeiron
A fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline
Paradigm Shifts
An empiricist who introduced the problem of induction.
David Hume
The idea that scientific knowledge should be independent of personal biases, emotions, and subjectivity
Objectivity
Nicolaus Copernicus' theory of the solar system
Heliocentric Theory
The theory that only scientific knowledge derived from empirical evidence is meaningful
Positivism
Who proposed the concept of epistemological anarchism
Paul Feyerabend
The theory that for a hypothesis to be scientific, it must be disprovable
Falsifiability
The method for discussion and inquiry created by Socrates
The Dialectical Method