Scientific Knowledge Discovery Task
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A Scientific Knowledge Discovery Task is a discovery task for scientific knowledge (to uncover new natural laws and physical principles).
- Context:
- It can (typically) require Core Scientific Methods, such as:
- It can involve systematic observation of natural phenomenons through empirical methods.
- It can require hypothesis formulation about causal relationships through scientific reasoning.
- It can include experimental design for hypothesis testing through controlled conditions.
- It can demand empirical validation through reproducible results and peer review.
- It can (often) utilize Scientific Tools, such as:
- It can employ formal precision in concept definitions through mathematical models.
- It can use statistical analysis for pattern identification through data processing.
- It can leverage experimental apparatus for data collection through measurement systems.
- It can (often) face Discovery Challenges, such as:
- It can encounter cognitive limitations requiring systematic work-arounds.
- It can confront measurement difficultys needing precise instruments.
- It can address complexity barriers demanding sophisticated analysis.
- It can range from being a Theoretical Discovery to being an Experimental Discovery, depending on its research approach.
- It can range from being a Planned Discovery to being an Accidental Discovery, depending on its discovery path.
- It can range from being a Domain-Specific Discovery to being an Interdisciplinary Discovery, depending on its knowledge scope.
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- It can (typically) require Core Scientific Methods, such as:
- Examples:
- Fundamental Physics Discoverys, such as:
- Particle Physics Discoverys, such as:
- Higgs Boson Discovery (2012), through particle collider experiments.
- Quantum Entanglement Discovery (1935), through theoretical physics research.
- Cosmological Discoverys, such as:
- Gravitational Wave Discovery (2015), through interferometer detection.
- Dark Energy Discovery (1998), through astronomical observations.
- Particle Physics Discoverys, such as:
- Life Science Discoverys, such as:
- Molecular Biology Discoverys, such as:
- Evolutionary Biology Discoverys, such as:
- Earth Science Discoverys, such as:
- Geological Discoverys, such as:
- Plate Tectonics Theory (1960s), through seismic data analysis.
- Core Composition Discovery (1936), through seismological studys.
- Climate Science Discoverys, such as:
- Geological Discoverys, such as:
- ...
- Fundamental Physics Discoverys, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Philosophical Knowledge Discovery, which uses logical reasoning rather than empirical methods.
- Scientific Knowledge Search, which finds existing knowledge rather than discovering new knowledge.
- Technical Solution Discovery, which solves practical problems rather than uncovering natural laws.
- Artistic Discovery, which creates new expressions rather than finding physical truths.
- See: Knowledge Discovery is Hard, Scientific Method, Empirical Research, Discovery Process, Research Methodology.
References
2013
- (Pinker, 2013-08-06) ⇒ Steven Pinker. (2013-08-06). “Science Is Not Your Enemy: An impassioned plea to neglected novelists, embattled professors, and tenure-less historians." In: New Republic, 2013-08-06.
- QUOTE: ... science is of a piece with philosophy, reason, and Enlightenment humanism. It is distinguished by an explicit commitment to two ideals ... The second idea is that the acquisition of knowledge is hard. The world does not go out of its way to reveal its workings, and even if it did, our minds are prone to illusions, fallacies, and superstitions. Most of the traditional causes of belief — faith, revelation, dogma, authority, charisma, conventional wisdom, the invigorating glow of subjective certainty — are generators of error and should be dismissed as sources of knowledge. To understand the world, we must cultivate work-arounds for our cognitive limitations, including skepticism, open debate, formal precision, and empirical tests, often requiring feats of ingenuity. Any movement that calls itself “scientific” but fails to nurture opportunities for the falsification of its own beliefs (most obviously when it murders or imprisons the people who disagree with it) is not a scientific movement.