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ways iiof iiknowing ii- iiAnswers ii-science iiand iibelief
-they iishare iia iicommon iipurpose, iican iibe iicomplementary iinot iiclashing
what iido iiyou iiaccept iias iievidence? ii- iiAnswers ii--dependant iion iiyour iiworldview iior
iihow iiyou iiwere iibrought iiup ii(paradigm)
what iiis iiscience? ii- iiAnswers ii-science iiin iilatin= iiknowledge
-science iiis iia iibody iiof iiknowledge, iian iiactivity iior iiprocess
-science iiis iia iiprocess iinot iia iiresult
scientific iimethod: iiway iiof iiacquiring iiknowledge ii- iiAnswers ii-1) iiobserve
2)identify iithe iiproblem iibased iion iiobservations ii(empirical iievidence)
3) iidevelop iia iihypothesis--> iia iitestable iistatement iiregarding iiyour iievidence ii
4) iigather iidata
5) iitest iithe iihypothesis' iiaccept, iirefute, iimodify!
** iican iinever iiprove iia iihypothesis
theory ii- iiAnswers ii-well iisupported iigeneral iiidea iithat iiexplains iia iilarge iinumber iiof
iiphenomena
what iiis iicritical iito iiscience? ii- iiAnswers ii-change iiand iichallenge
is iiscience iiobjective? ii- iiAnswers ii-like iiother iisystems iiof iiknowledge, iiscience iihappens
iiin iia iicultural iiframework/ iicontext
-there iiis iian iiinfluence iiof iiwhere iiyour iifunding iiis iicoming iifrom, iiwhat iitopics iiare iiof
iicurrent iiconcern, iitechnology iiavaliable iietc
anthropologists iilooking iicross iiculturally: iiReligion, iimeaning? ii- iiAnswers ii--every
iiculture iihas iisome iiprocess iithat iihelps iiorder iisociety ii
-gives iipeople iimeaning, iipeace iiof iimind, iiunity, iigives iipeople iisense iiof iicontrol
-gives iimeaning iito iinatural/ iisocial iiworld--> iiits iia iiframework
cosmology ii(framework) ii- iiAnswers ii-system iiof iibeliefs iithat iideals iiwith iifundamental
iiquestions iiin iithe iireligious iiand iisocial iiorders
-deals iiwith iicreation iiof iithe iiworld, iiorigin iiof iisociety, iilife iiafter iideath, iiinterpersonal
iirelationship ii
-it iiis iithe iifoundation iiof iireligion
,oral iitraditions ii- iiAnswers ii-passed iidown iistories/ iitales iifrom iigeneration iito iigeneration
-every iiculture iihas iicreation iistories
-judeo-christain iistory iiof iiadam iiand iieve
science iivs iireligion ii- iiAnswers ii-science: iiobservations, iitesting, iisupporting/ iirejecting
iihypothesis, iiget iirid iiof iiideas iithat iidont iiwork
-constantly iichanging
religion
-ideas iiaccepted iion iifaith
-not iiopen iito iiscientific iitesting
-harder iito iiget iirid iiof iiideas iithat iidont iiwork
-change iiis iioften iislow
philosophical iistances iispectrum ii- iiAnswers ii-scientific iicreationism, iitheistic iievolution,
iiatheistic iievolution
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scientific iicreationism ii(intelligent iidesign, iicreation iiscience) ii- iiAnswers ii-- iia iicreator/
iidesigner iiwith iiNO iievolution
-religion iiis iiright iiand iiscience iiis iiwrong ii(somewhat!)
-pretending iito iibe iiscientific iito iimake iitheir iiposition iiacceptable
-belives iithat ii14billion iiyears iiago,the iiuniverse iiwas iicreated iiby iia iisingle iisupernatural
iiforce
theistic iievolution ii- iiAnswers ii--evolution iiwith iia iicreator--> iiblending iiof iiperspectives
-science iiand iireligion iiare iicompatable
-official iiposition iiof iicatholic iichurch
atheistic iievolution ii- iiAnswers ii-evolution iiwithout iia iicreator
-science iiis iiright iiand iireligion iiis iinot
irreducible iicomplexity ii- iiAnswers ii-ex) iimouse iitrap
-if iiyou iitake iiout iione iipart iiof iia iicomplex iisystem, iiit iiwont iiwork, iitherefore, iihow iicould
iiwe iihave iievolved iifrom iisomething iisimpler?
-inconcievable iithat iia iicomplex, iiinterconnected iiliving iisystem iievolved iifrom iia iisimpler
iiform- iiintelligent iidesign
expatiation ii(stephen iijay iigould) ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiadaption iiof iia iitrait iito iifunction iiother
iithan iithe iione iifor iiwhich iiit iiwas iioriginally iiadapted ii
IE) iiwings iiwere iioriginally iifor iiwarmth
why iimake iicreationism iilook iilike iiscience? ii- iiAnswers ii-so iiit iican iibe iitaught iialongside
iievolution iiin iiUSA iischools
deduction ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiconclusion iithat iifollows iilogically iifrom iia iiset iiof iiobservations
, observation ii- iiAnswers ii-gathering iiof iiscientific iiinformation iifrom iiwatching iia
iiphenomenon
hypothesis ii- iiAnswers ii-preliminary iiexplanation iiof iia iiphenomenon. iifirst iistep iiof
iiscientific iimethod
experimentation ii- iiAnswers ii-testing iiof iihypothesis
data ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiscientific iievidence iiproduced iiby iian iiexperiment iior iiby
iiobservation iifrom iiwhich iiscientific iiconclusions iiare iimade
scientific iimethod ii- iiAnswers ii-standard iiscientific iiresearch iiprocedure iiin iiwhich iia
iihypothesis iiis iistated, iidata iiare iicollected iito iitest iiit, iiand iithe iihypothesis iiis iieither
iisupported iior iirefuted
falsifiable ii- iiAnswers ii-able iito iibe iishown iifalse
paradigm ii- iiAnswers ii-conceptual iiframework iiuseful iifor iiunderstanding iia iibody iiof
iievidence
immutability iior iifixity ii- iiAnswers ii-stasis, iilack iiof iichange
old iinotions iiabout iithe iiearth: ii- iiAnswers ii-it iiwas iiflat iiand iirelatively iinew, iinot iiold
taxonomy ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiscience iiof iibiological iiclassification
binomial iinomenclature ii- iiAnswers ii-linnean iinaming iisystem iifor iiall iiorganisms,
iiconsisting iiof iia iigenus iiand iispecies iilabel
taxon ii- iiAnswers ii-a iigroup iiof iiorganisms iiassigned iito iiparticular iicategory
catastrophism ii- iiAnswers ii-theory iithat iithere iihave iibeen iimultiple iicreations
iiinterspersed iiby iigreat iinatural iidisasters iisuch iias iinoahs iiflood
-georges iicurvier, iinaturalist iiand iizoologist ii(1769-1832)
-took iiwhat iihe iiknew iiabout iimodern iianimals iiand iiapplied iiit iito iifossils
-looked iiat iifossils iiin iifrance iiof iiextinct iianimals
-father iiof iipalenotology
-fossils iiin iidifferent iistrata iirepresent iichange iithrough iitime
-natural iidisasters ii(wiped iiout iianimals) ii+ iifossils ii+ iibible
-matched iinatural iievidence iiwith iithe iibible
theory iiof iiinheritance iiof iiacquired iicharacteristics ii- iiAnswers ii-discredited iitheory iiof
iievolutionary iichange iiproposing iithat iichanges iithat iioccur iiduring iithe iilifetime iiof iian
iiindividual, iithrough iithe iiuse iior iidisuse, iican iibe iipassed iion iito iithe iinext iigeneration
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