What Is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology
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Author: Jay Phelan
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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The meaning of empirical and how it relates to the study of biology.
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Scientific study of any kind is different from other kinds of study since it is empirical in nature and not based on arbitrary thought.
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The hypothetico-deductive method in science includes all of the following components except:
logical deduction (from a universal rule to particular predictions), as emphasized by Aristotle
designing a critical test for the hypothesis, as exemplified by Galileo’s test of falling objects
unquestioning acceptance of Aristotle’s authority, as practiced by late medieval scholastics
continuous testing of the hypothesis by further inquiry, as emphasized by Socrates
logical induction (from particulars to universals), as emphasized by Plato
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