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Module 4: Scientific research (moral and ethical issues in science and…
Module 4: Scientific research
Science
Isaak Newton
The Quantum age
Need of new theories to explain observations
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Stephen Hawking
Copernicus
What is science
Characteristics
Science is not democratic
Science is not dogmatic
Reliable but Tentative
Science can not make moral decisions
Ancient Greece
The Scientific Methods
Methods involving logic
Methods involving collection of data from experiments
Inductive and deductive reasoning
Inductive
Deductive
Scientific method
Devise a study
Analyse and evaluate
Develop a hyphotesis
Modify and repate the process
Identify a problem
Develop a theory
Thomas Kuhn's Revolutions
The Hypothetico
The structure of scientific revolutions
Anomaly
Crises
Normal Science
Change in world view
Pre-paradigm
New Paradigm
Scientific development
Think of interesting questions
Formulate a hypnotises
Make observations
Develop testable predictions
Gather datato test predictions
Develop general theories
Each scientific methods must have:
Scientific facts
Scientific theories/Laws
Qualitative
Quantitative
Scientific observations
Experiments
positivism and post positivism
From positivism to post positivism
Post positivism
Positivism
objectivity and subjectivity
objectivity
objective vs subjective
Subjectivity
Technology
Types of technology
Tangible
Intangible
Technological literacy
Consequences of technology
What is the process of technology
Identifying a need
Provides solution to meet the needs
Analysis of the solution
Communication of ideas
Implementation
Testing
Modification
Difference between science and technology
How do they impact each other?
Technology on science
The second industrial revolution
The first industrial revolution
The third and fourth industrial revolution
moral and ethical issues in science and technology
Surveillance
Privacy
Genetic advances
Revival of privacy rights
Predictive diagnoses
Morality
Carrier diagnoses
Human research abuses
Prenatal diagnoses
Pseudoscience
Genome editing