Chapter sections:
- 1.1 Science as a Human Enterprise
- 1.2 Characteristics of a Scientific Theory
- 1.3 Scientific Theories Must Be Self-Consistent
- 1.4 Scientific Revolutions are Rare and Alter Our Paradigms
- 1.5 Peer Review and the Self-Correcting Nature of Science
- 1.6 What is Pseudoscience?
- 1.7 Science and Society: The Issue of Terminology
Key words
- scientific method
- scientific theory
- paradigm
- peer review
- pseudoscience
- astronomy
- astrology
- critical thinking
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