In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A good example of this is found in the kinetic (运动的) molecular theory, in which ...
themselves are fond of the thought that their ideas are___. In an essay on delayed recognition, Garfield notes mildly that one historian of science, Derek Price, believed one of his own papers was suffering delayed recognition. It is easy to chuckle, but it is also easy to empathise...
18.The first aid (急救) you learn from a course is not quite like reality.Most of us feel afraid when dealing with “the real thing”.By overcoming these feelings, we are better able to use the first aid to cope with the unexpected. Doing your part First aid is not an exact science...
To ensure that each distinct factor was adequately assessed, we added a new item assessing the aesthetic meaning of food, “I can appreciate the beauty of a dish even if I do not like it.” A philosopher of food who was not part of the research team, Andrea Borghini, suggested this ...
Note that, as suggested by the above conclusions, the science of morality’s instrumental oughts are culturally useful without any need to attempt the formidable challenge of deriving an imperative moral ought from what science tells us social morality ‘is’. ...
it is “all a matter of interpretation” (p. 140). Second, epistemic uncertainty is generated by the insufficiency of data. This is especially true in the cases of climate science, human evolution, and forensics. For instance, scientists’ ability to develop a sophisticated understanding of huma...
The Cognitive Avoidance Theory of Worry argues that worry is a cognitive strategy adopted to control the physiological arousal associated with anxiety. According to this theory, pathological worry, as in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), is verbal in nature, negative and abstract, rather than concr...
Box 2: Consultancy between science and local administration—Tauw vs. LAF At the end of the first WFD cycle, the Background Document “Pollutants” of the Elbe RBMP [10] called it a “success,” when some information from the Tauw Report [19] suggested that the summer flood of 2002 could...
A common assumption is that good leaders are driven by a power motive that motivates them to influence others. However, leaders need to restrain themselves in social dilemmas where cooperation maximizes collective outcomes. We theorize that in social dil
纵观全文结构,从首段的“In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related.” 在科学中,理论是对所观察到的相关事件的合理解释。这种下定义的写作手法来引出文章主题;到后几段作者论述“A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict ...