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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is, in its broadest sense, any systematic knowledge that is capable of resulting in a correct prediction or reliable outcome. In this sense, science may refer to a highly skilled technique, technology, or practice. In today's more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, and to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research. It is a "systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about the world and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories". This article focuses upon science in this more restricted sense, sometimes called experimental science, and also gives some broader historical context leading up to the modern understanding of the word "science." From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, "science" had more-or-less the same sort of very broad meaning in English that "philosophy" had at that time. By the early 1800s, "natural philosophy" (which eventually evolved into what is today called "natural science") had begun to separate from "philosophy" in general. In many cases, "science" continued to stand for reliable knowledge about any topic, in the same way it is still used in the broad sense in modern terms such as library science, political science, and computer science. In the more narrow sense of "science" today, as natural philosophy became linked to an expanding set of well-defined laws (beginning with Galileo's laws, Kepler's laws, and Newton's laws for motion), it became more common to refer to natural philosophy as "natural science". Over the course of the 1800s, the word "science" become increasingly associated mainly with the disciplined study of the natural world (that is, the non-human world). This sometimes left the study of human thought and society in a linguistic limbo, which has today been resolved by classifying these areas of study as the social sciences. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. What good has come from the advances in science? Why is science so dangerous? Do you think that science should move forward without concern of moral implications? Do you think morals get in the way of pertinent medical advances? What is worth sacrificing in the advances of science? What possible outcomes can come from science in the future? Asked by NataliaBABY - Tue Mar 3 20:32:31 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. > "What good has come from the advances in science?" You're typing this on a computer, aren't you? You haven't died of smallpox or diptheria have you? Have you ever had an operation? Did you require anaesthesia? Antibiotics? Are you wearing any clothes which contain synthetic fibres? Does your home contain any electrically-powered appliances? > "Why is science so dangerous?" Science is simply a method of rationally investigating the universe by empirical experiment and observation. It is no more or less dangerous than any other tool humanity uses. > "Do you think that science should move forward without concern of moral implications?" Of course not. > "Do you think morals get in the way of pertinent medical advances?" Yes - but it… [cont.] Answered by gribbling - Wed Mar 4 08:56:05 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "science" ScienceFrom Wikiquote Jump to: navigation, search There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality -- Richard DawkinsScience in the broadest sense refers to any system of objective knowledge. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research. ContentsFrom Wikiquote under the GNU Free Documentation License. |
