Science particularly as related to creation and the creation-evolution controversy
Other posts on contraries include this. Contrary opposites entail one another. There is no north without south or tall without short, for example. Some things such as sex are contraries in some respects but not in all respects. Contrary opposites are symmetric. Contraries can be reversed or inverted, and they are still there. Since mirror […]
This post continues previous posts on this topic, such as here. Once a theory becomes established, it is always valid. It is never falsified. What happens is that its limits are discovered. Any pretense to being universal breaks down. All theories are limited. Theories are analogies, and all analogies have limits. It is the scientific
Science Today the word science usually means naturalistic science. Historically, naturalism was not dominant in modern science until the nineteenth century, when it was promoted by those who were called “naturalists” (not to be confused with a naturalist as someone who studies natural history). These naturalists promoted the idea that science was limited to naturalism.
Customary units of measure such as the foot and the pound are suitable for everyday purposes such as measuring the dimensions of a person or a room. Metric (SI) units of measure such as the Kelvin and the kilogram are suitable for scientific purposes. Some metric units are suitable for everyday use, and they are
There are several online lists of fallacious arguments: Fallacies, Full alphabetic list of fallacies, Logical Fallacies Handlist, List of fallacies, List of Fallacious Arguments, and especially Master List of Logical Fallacies, A list of Latin names is here. Aristotle categorized rhetorical strategies under ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is an appeal to credibility or authority.
Postulates of Motion Postulate of three: There are three dimensions of the extent of motion. Postulate of two: There are two measures of the extent of motion, length and duration. Postulate of one: There is one exchange of space and time. From the postulate of three comes a non-quantitative three-dimensional geometry of motion. From the
I introduced the Demi-Creator Postulate (DCP) here. This post explores the concept further. Young-earth creationism (YEC) accepts what might be called the Biblical Creator Postulate (BCP). This postulate is an attempt to bring the Creator as described in the Bible into science. Not only does this bring theological debates into science but it also makes
Creationists reject what might be called the Deep Time Postulate (DTP): that long stretches of time existed before the earliest humans ever lived. The DTP enables uniformitarianism in geology, evolution of all species in biology, and evolution of the solar system in astronomy. DTP enables science to insert a kind of history before history, that
History is diachronic. Science is synchronic. History is a narrative of time. Science is a theory of space. A scientist sees two things and notices their similarities. An historian sees two things and notices their differences. A scientist seeks what is universal that explains. An historian seeks what is unique that explains. For science the
Posts on science and history: 10/17/2018 – Science and history once more July 27, 2018 – Science or stories 3/13/2018 – Science and history again 2/19/2018 – Distinguishing history and science January 17, 2017 – Combining history and science September 19, 2016 – History and science once again December 15, 2015 – From history to
