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Kevin deLaplante

The Vocabulary of Science: First Steps to Science Literacy

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01.01. Is Evolution a Theory, a Fact, or Both?
5:18
01.02. Overview of the Course
2:58
02.01. Epistemically Loaded versus Epistemically Neutral Language
7:00
03.01. "It's Just a Theory": "Theory" as Down-Player
2:57
03.02. "Theories are the Pinnacles of Science": "Theory" as Up-Player
5:12
03.03. Why We Need an Epistemically Neutral Definition of "Theory"
3:57
03.04. An Epistemically Neutral Definition of "Theory": A Classical (but incomplete) Story
6:40
03.05. An Epistemically Neutral Definition of "Theory": A More Sophisticated Story
6:14
04.01. "You Can't Deny the Facts": An Epistemically Loaded Definition of "Fact"
7:48
04.02. "I Had the Facts Wrong": An Epistemically Neutral Definition of "Fact"
5:01
04.03. Can There Be Theoretical Facts?
4:49
05.01. Epistemically Loaded Definitions of "Law"
4:52
05.02. Examples of Laws in Biology and Psychology
10:16
05.03. Examples of Laws in Astronomy and Physics
7:50
05.04. Unpacking the Epistemically Neutral Concept of "Law"
10:02
05.05. But Are There Any laws?
3:16
05.06. A Quick Word: Are Laws Explanatory?
0:32
06.01. "That's Just a Hypothesis": An Epistemically Loaded Definition of "Hypothesis"
1:39
06.02. An Epistemically Neutral Definition of "Hypothesis"
8:25
07.01. Introduction: What is a Model?
2:20
07.02. Maps and Models
7:56
07.03. Models as Tools For Reasoning About the World
6:05
07.04. How Equations Can Be Models
7:07
07.05. Is There a Difference Between a Model and a Theory?
5:10
08.01. Introduction: Theories, Models, Truth and Reality
1:27
08.02. The Challenge of Interpreting Scientific Theories
8:13
08.03. Prediction and Truth: Lessons From Ptolemy
10:38
08.04. Prediction and Truth: Lessons From the Kinetic Theory of Gases
10:21
09.01. Assignment: Critique a 7 Minute Video on the Vocabulary of Science
1:55
09.02. Part 1: The Motivation For the Video
3:36
09.03. Part 2: "Scales of Truthiness"
0:58
09.04. Part 3: The Fundamental Error
1:26
09.05. Part 4: The Problem With Defining Facts in Terms of Observations
1:27
09.06. Part 5: Problems With Defining Hypotheses as Starting Points For Inquiry
4:52
09.07. Part 6: Problems with Defining Theories as Well-Supported
2:29
09.08. Part 7: Problems with Defining Evolution as an Observable Fact
2:52
09.09. Part 8: Problems With Defining Laws in Terms of Observations
3:00
09.10. Part 9: Can Laws Explain, or Do They Just Describe? Kepler, Newton and Einstein
5:20
09.11. Part 10: Analyzing the Last Slide
2:03
09.12. Who is to Blame?
1:36