Yin and Yang: the Nature of Scientific Explanation in a Culture ABSTRACT: I explore the nature of scientific explanation in a culture centering on the doctrine of yin and yang combined with that of five phrases, wu-hsing (YYFP). I note how YYFP functions as an alternative to the causal way of thinking, as well as the meaning of scientific explanation in a culture. I also consider whether a scientific concept becomes metaphorical when it is superseded by an alternative organizing concept. To
An explanation is one which is ‘rooted' or firmly embedded in psychology and in reality. An explanation is one which should make something vivid to the person inquiring. A young child asking why the sky is blue or why water freezes cannot be satisfied with an answer couched in scientific polysyllables that he does not understand. To be effective, an explanation must be one which is easy to understand. On the other hand, a proper explanation must rest on truth - that is, it must refer to reality.
ADHD and My Family: Searching for a More Scientific Explanation My father, like many Asian immigrants, left India to pursue his educational goals in America in order to provide a better life for his family. He arrived in the U.S. with fourteen dollars in his coat pocket, a suitcase in his hands, and a will to succeed. For my father, in a place like America where opportunities were plentiful and where hard work actually paid off there was no excuse not to succeed. The practical translation of
Bridges have posed a philosophical problem in scientific explanation whether explanations should be causal and non-causal. The goal scientific explanation is to explain why events in the physical world have occurred. Specifically, scientific explanations are concerned with causes. Causes are an important part of scientific explanation because it helps to understand why a phenomenon has occurred. Causes of a phenomenon help to understand how explanations work, or why a phenomenon occurs. Woodward already
recondite information is present and difficult to perceive. Nevertheless, science always makes an effort, and usually succeeds, to find answers and logical explanations. While the short story “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne holds a more metaphorical and symbolic meaning, there is a possibility for the concluding incident to have a scientific explanation. The story tells us the tale of a scientist named Aylmer and his wife, Georgiana, who had a birthmark the size of a tiny hand upon her left cheek.
People had constructed this image of women as being less perfect and through this image, many philosophy were developed. Aristotle provided the first scientific explanation of women’s imperfection. He claimed that women were biologically inferior to men. Aristotle claimed that this was a factual statement, but he though it deserved “a rational scientific justification for this belief,”(Tuana,p.18). Aristotle believed that heat was the fundamental issue in the perfection of animals and therefore humans
Western medicine is the only cure to sickness, many people benefit from acupuncture everyday. Most people disregard the ancient art all together without giving it a chance because are scared of the needles it involves. Also, since no accurate scientific explanation of how and why it works has been found, people shy away from it. The healing powers of the body are taken to a whole different level with this alternative medicine. Ancient roots of acupuncture can be traced back to archeology five thousand
a "spirited understanding of how Day was created, which lead to moon-ths, seasons, changing of the seasons and to the solstices. Our myths are, in part, based on fact; and in this age of reason, a scientific explanation of the Winter Solstice is often more to our liking. To understand this explanation is to remind ourselves in this era of abundant energy, heating sources, and electric lights that we are also dependant and have no control over these natural courses of the Earth an... ... middle
friendship. The Odyssey was also very popular in it’s time. It was set in ancient Greece where in its culture; mythology was the heart of everyday life. The Greek Culture turned to mythology to explain different phenomena for which they had no scientific explanation and this was prominent in the epic the Odyssey. While preparing to write this paper, I thought it would be great just to focus on the heroes of these two great epics many differences. Although during the course of my research I found that
a clock will be started to time how quickly the glass syringe fills. I will measure the amount of gas produced in equal time intervals such as 10, 20, 30 etc. ====================================================================== Scientific Explanation ---------------------- [IMAGE]For a chemical reaction to occur, reactant particles must collide. Successful collisions are when two particles hit head on. These are the ways in which a reaction can be sped up. * Increasing the temperature
, Henry Bergson, Samuel Alexander, Whitehead), Functional (cf., R. Rorty, Peter Smith, O. R. Jones), and Mental or Homo Sapiens-oriented (cf., Roger Penrose). The outcome of all such discussions is that "mind" is mysterious and beyond all scientific explanation. According to the main contemporary view, in particular, `there is something essential in human understanding that is not possible to simulate by any computational means’. This indicates that the nature of mind continues to remain a source
parts and is then fertilized by two different sperm. The frequency of identical twins is 3.5 per 100 births (1) and the frequency of conjoined twins is 1 birth per 50,000 with only 100 known cases surviving their first year (5). There is no scientific explanation for why an ovum splits into two or more parts. It has been observed that ovum splitting can be hereditary but can also occur spontaneously. This spontaneity or unexplained divergence from normal egg growth and fertilization could be due to
speed of the car (marble). PREDICTION ========== I predict that as the vertical height increases, so will the speed2 of the car (marble). Therefore, the higher the roller coaster slope is, the faster the car (marble) is. SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION ====================== The car (marble) has GPE at the top of the slope, and it has KE at the bottom. As the car (marble) rolls down the slope, GPE changes into KE. Text Box: KE = ½ MV2 GPE = MGH As an object falls, its Gravitational
rises in the east and sets in the west. It also explains the orbit of the sun and that it is a star, that is extremely hot. It also offers and explanation as to why the days in summer are longer while the nights shorter and vice versa in the winter and why there can be light in one place but not another, and that reason is portals. This is an explanation for daylight savings times, and they describe the days and shortening by one part, which can be interpreted as an hour. The moon is then explained
Comparative Essay Payton Altman and Mikayla O’Neill Have you ever wondered how animals interact and work together to get a job done? Many times, animals put their minds together to complete a task. But what many people do not realize is that animals interact with one another just as humans would. In many instances, people don’t realize the amount of intelligence and common sense that animals, such as the elephant, possess. The study of elephant’s thoughts and thinking were explained and backed
In the book, The Natural Alien, Everdeen is able to integrate and complete the arguments of the preceding chapters. To provide an expressive argument, this paper will start with an understanding of a subjective view of the meaning of the Epilogue, then break down on how the understanding of the Epilogue came from defining aspects of the book. Also, after breaking down the aspects of the book, there will be a synthesis of all the concepts to be able to explain how Everdeen’s work is applicable in
Habits and Explanation Habits form a crucial part of the everyday conceptual scheme used to explain normal human activity. However, they have been neglected in debates concerning folk-psychology which have concentrated on propositional attitudes such as beliefs. But propositional attitudes are just one of the many mental states. In this paper, I seek to expand the debate by considering mental states other than propositional attitudes. I conclude that the case for the autonomy and plausibility
Believing in Miracles An important stage in this course of RE is that of the belief in God. The belief in God has many different aspects to learn, one of which is the belief in miracles and how miracles lead us to believe that God exists. This essay will look at the two sides of believing in miracles. On one side of the debate is that of why miracles lead us to believe in God? And to contradict this point of view will be the problem of believing in miracles. A miracle is defined as
Explanation of Osmosis and Diffusion “Osmosis is the passage of water from a region of high water concentration through a semi-permeable membrane to a region of low water concentration, which will then become equal.” Diffusion, although at first may seem insignificant in nature, plays quite a major part. The most obvious example would be in cells, plant and animal alike. They have partially permeable membrane in order to let in things like water, and to prevent unwanted big chemicals
"I gazed-and gazed-but little thought" Alex Nelson’s Poetry Explanation on Wordsworth’s poem "I Wandered As Lonely As A Cloud" Imagine walking through a field in early summer, around an aqua blue lake that is in the shape of a giant egg. You discover a field of daffodils that is flowing in motion like a grand "dance" full of elegance. This area is full of sublime that can only be fully appreciated by a poet. William Wordsworth has been to this place and it was the subject of his poem "I Wandered