Objectives
As you work through the Module Objectives, remember to use your Critical Thinking skills. Look beyond just trying to memorize these and work to understanding how the ideas are connected. Auguste Rodin’s Thinker, Sculpture in bronze (1903). (Picture Credit: Musée Rodin)
This section will help you to:
- define way of knowing and discipline;
- define Science and explain what science knows;
- understand the assumptions and limitations of Science;
- understand the causes of uncertainty and how it can be reduced;
- explain and apply the Scientific Method;
- explain and identify a scientific hypothesis and scientific theory, being able to differentiate them from common definitions;
- write a hypothesis;
- identify and give examples of pseudoscience; and
- recognize where science ends.
If you would like a guide to help you to achieve these learning objectives for this module, please click here for an “Objective Guide.”