The Theory Of Science Of The Twentieth Century - 1105 Words

Thomas S. Kuhn, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century, once stated that â€Å"A person may be attracted to science for all sorts of reasons. Among them are the desire to be useful, the excitement of exploring new territory, the hope of finding order, and the drive to test established knowledge† (Krein, n.d., para. 1). Scientists for centuries have spent countless hours attracted to science in an attempt to understand the natural world. As a result, the evolution of science witnessed the emergence of a process by which the science community learned to develop questions, conduct investigations, collect evidence from a variety of sources, and propose explanations that are based on evidence from conducted†¦show more content†¦Each step of the scientific method serves a purpose as to how scientists discover and share information. The first step of the scientific method is to make an observation. Everyday people make observations about the world and by doing so, are participating in the first step of the scientific method. By making an observation as a part of science that person can question how it came to be or how it works (Bradford, 2015). This is the second step of the scientific method; ask questions about the observations. Forming a hypothesis, the next step, allows for scientists to make a brief description of the observations and to make a prediction or an educated guess based on the description (Bradford, 2015). The fourth step in the scientific method is to test the prediction and hypothesis. During this step, scientists form experiments to test their predictions against what happens in reality (Bradford, 2015). Analyzing the data and making a conclusion to accept or reject the hypothesis is the fifth step to the scientific method. During this step scientists compare the data to the hypothesis to determine if the hypothesis is valid or incorrect. Additionally, scientists check to see how c losely the model they created replicates what happens in the real world (Bradford, 2015). The sixth and final step to the scientific method requires that scientists replicate the experiment and