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Outline:
Introduction
Ethical Principles
Worldviews
Science and the Scientific Method
Technology
INTRODUCTION
WORLDVIEWS
Anthropocentric - Human-centered.
Stewardship - Custodian of resources.
Biocentricism - All living things have
intrinsic value.
Ecocentricism - Whole is more important
than the parts.
Assignment
Get one statement from the website below.
Group 1: http://www.world-earthquakes.com/index.php
Group 2:
http://earthquakepredictionbytiempe.blogspot.com/
Group 3: http://www.quakeprediction.com/
Past
Future
Aspirations
SCIENCE
Science - Provides an orderly, methodical
approach to investigating phenomena
while suggesting testable explanations for
those phenomena.
Assumes the world is knowable, and that
systematic investigations can yield meaningful
insights.
Parsimony - When two competing explanations
appear equally plausible, accept the simpler one.
Science
Deductive Reasoning - Starts with a
general principle and proceeds to a
specific case.
Inductive Reasoning - General principles
are inferred from examination of specific
cases.
Scientific Theory
Technology
For past two centuries, central tenet of
Western culture has been a strong faith in
progress.
Technology allows mistakes to be made
faster and on a larger scale than before.
Group 1: http://www.world-earthquakes.com/index.php
Group 2: http://earthquakepredictionbytiempe.blogspot.com/
Group 3: http://www.quakeprediction.com/
Group 4: USGS earthquake prediction program
Group 5: El Nio may develop this year from PAGASA