Science/Scientific Method
This refers to a systematic and organized body of knowledge acquired using scientific inquiry
What is science?
A generalized body of laws and theories to explain behavior or phenomena
What is Scientific Knowledge?
In this type of research, the goal is to infer patterns from observed data- sometimes called theory building
What is inductive research?
This is a systematic logical reasoning
What is rationalism?
The science of naturally occurring objects or phenomena
What is Natural Science?
Observed patterns of behavior or phenomena
What are laws?
In this type of research, the goal is to test concepts and patterns from new empirical research- sometimes called theory testing
What is deductive research?
Francis Bacon suggested that knowledge can only be derived from real observations in the world, and started this branch of philosophy
What is empiricism?
This refers to a set of techniques for building scientific knowledge
What is the scientific method?
To make laws or theories about objects or phenomena
What is the goal of scientific research?
This type of research can be done to generate some initial ideas
What is exploratory research?
Augusts Comte blended rationalism and empiricism into this new doctrine
The science of people, or a collection of people
What is Social Science?
What are theories?
These are the two skills required for scientific research- the "know how" and the "know what" also known as this
This branch of philosophy focused on understanding nature and the physical universe
What is natural philosophy?
These are the four key characteristics of the scientific method
What are: logical, confirmable, repeatable, and scrutinizable?
These are not forms of scientific knowledge acquisition
What are faith, or authority?
This type of research tries to explain observes phenomena, behaviors, or problems.
What is explanatory research?
Also called critical theory, this aims to solve social inequlity
What is critical research?