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Project: Evolution of the Scientific Method

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” Confucius (551–479 BC)

This project traces the evolution of the Scientific Method over 2500 years. It is a scavenger hunt project, requiring the inquirer to track answers to questions, the links for which are provided below.

Enjoy, and we solicit your comments/suggetions/critique at rigelsys@cox.net

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Question (1)

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/innateness-history/#PreEmpVsAna

Question (2)

http://yourknowledge.hubpages.com/hub/Empiricism-Aristotle-the-First-Empiricist

Question (4)

http://editthis.info/logic/Deductive_and_Inductive_Logic

Question (5)

http://editthis.info/logic/Deductive_and_Inductive_Logic

Question (6)

http://johnmccaskey.com/Higgins.pdf

Question (7)

http://johnmccaskey.com/Higgins.pdf

Question (8)

http://people.wku.edu/jan.garrett/341/aristotle_big_picture.htm

Question (9)

http://aether.lbl.gov/www/classes/p10/aristotle-physics.html

Question (10)

http://aether.lbl.gov/www/classes/p10/aristotle-physics.html

Question (11)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfection

Question (12)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfection

Question (14)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_premise

Question (15)

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/

Question (16)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism

Question (17)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism

Question (18)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/48177/Roger-Bacon

Question (19)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158787/Rene-Descartes

Question (20)

http://kollarusonline.weebly.com/bacon-and-descartes-stumbleuponcom-account.html

Question (21)

http://kollarusonline.weebly.com/bacon-and-descartes-stumbleuponcom-account.html

Question (22)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet

Question (23)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet

Question (25)

http://books.google.com/books?id=fqBCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=tycho+brahe+lunar+parallax&source=bl&ots=IwAGnegNas&sig=KSk415t_Y2jWbl7bwJuIQe6ZGRE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vFg7VJ-tIMiTyATUlYDAAQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=tycho%20brahe%20lunar%20parallax&f=false

Question (29)

http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sgravity.htm

Question (30)

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00125.htm

Question (31)

https://explorable.com/falsifiability