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| Science: Science is a systematic process of acquiring knowledge about the natural world through observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing. It is based on the assumption that the universe is governed by natural laws that can be discovered through scientific inquiry. See also Method, Review, Knowledge, Verification, Confirmation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Edward O. Wilson on Science - Dictionary of Arguments
I 72 Science/Wilson, E. O.: Only the classification of data and its interpretation by theory enable us to rationally process the sensory perceptions that the instruments have helped us to achieve. In science and ultimately in the rest of life - nothing makes sense without theory. It is in our nature to put all knowledge in context to tell a story and to recreate the world accordingly. I 74 Reductionism/Wilson: is the crux of the matter of science, the division of nature into its natural components. I 75 Art/Wilson, E. O.: the preference for non-reduced complexity results in art, the preference for reduced complexity results in science. I 92 Science/Wilson: can be compared to a labyrinth. It is, however, much easier to leave it than to enter it. Once partial explanations have been stretched like a thread from one section to another, from one organizational level to the next, (...) we can walk back to any thread and confidently trust that it will lead us past the causal branches back to the laws of physics. The journey in reverse order, so from physics to the various endpoints, is extremely difficult. The further you move away from physics, the more options are opened up by the disciplines that you pass - i.e. exponentially. See >Explanation/Wilson, >Science/Wilson._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
WilsonEO I E. O. Wilson Consilience. The Unity of Knowledge, New York 1998 German Edition: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge New York 1998 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27