2006-10-01 20:46:17 · 13 answers · asked by nj 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Science is that part of human endeavour that is in pursuit of verifiable and structured knowledge. Through science, we gain scientific knowledge which is more reliable and repeatable than general knowledge or instinct or perception or imagination.
2006-10-01 22:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Howdy NJ,
The word "science" come from the word "asciene". The asciene were a tribe in ancient Israel who lived on the banks of the Dead Sea. This tribe wrote what we call the "Dead Sea Scrolls". Aparrently, the asciene practiced the religion of "science" or the religion of "God". I find this kind of ironic that science is being used to disprove the existance of God when it is the religion of God. Remember, science can answer only "HOW" things happen and not "WHY" things happen.
2006-10-02 11:26:50 · answer #2 · answered by TexasDreamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the study of reality through method and logic. Science is good for putting things under bright lights and measuring them, but what about all that's just on the horizon of human understanding or perception? Science has its limitations.
2006-10-02 03:50:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm...
Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means.[1] In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on empiricism, experimentation, and methodological naturalism, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research. This article focuses on the meaning of science in the latter sense.
Scientists maintain that scientific investigation must adhere to the scientific method, a process for evaluating empirical knowledge that explains observable events in nature as results of natural causes, rejecting supernatural notions.
Fields of science are commonly classified along two major lines:
Natural sciences, the study of the natural phenomena;
Social sciences, the systematic study of human behavior and societies.
Mathematics has both similarities and differences compared to other fields of science. It is similar to other sciences, because it is a rigorous, structured study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It is, however, different in its method of arriving at results. Mathematics as a whole is vital to the sciences — indeed, major advances in mathematics have often led to major advances in other sciences. Certain aspects of mathematics are indispensable for the formation of hypotheses, theories, and laws, both in discovering and describing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).
Science as defined above is sometimes termed pure science in order to differentiate it from applied science, the latter being the application of scientific research to human needs.
2006-10-02 03:49:31 · answer #4 · answered by VeronicaB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary.com
Science
1.a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
2.systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
3.any of the branches of natural or physical science.
4.systematized knowledge in general.
5.knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.
6.a particular branch of knowledge.
7.skill, esp. reflecting a precise application of facts or principles; proficiency.
Wikipedia.org
Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means.[1] In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on empiricism, experimentation, and methodological naturalism, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research.
2006-10-02 03:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
science as in hindi is called vigyan. gyan is knowledge and it's conjuction with vishesh meaning special. so science can be interpreted as the special knowledge
2006-10-02 03:55:56 · answer #6 · answered by Charu Chandra Goel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science is just an invention...
2006-10-02 03:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by CK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
science is like hard math
2006-10-02 03:56:07 · answer #8 · answered by Sherpa M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's poetry in motion
from Thomas Dolby's "blinded me with science"
2006-10-02 03:51:20 · answer #9 · answered by buddhaboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The search for the TRUTH no matter what that may be!
Unlike religion, which is "Blind Belief" no matter what the truth is.
Anyone who doubts this is a World Class Idiot.
2006-10-02 03:54:56 · answer #10 · answered by TommyTrouble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋