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This document provides an overview of the course "History and Philosophy of Science GST105". It defines science in three ways: as a body of knowledge, as a process of acquiring knowledge, and as an institution. It describes the two main branches of science as formal science, which includes disciplines like mathematics and physics that follow rules, and empirical science, which studies phenomena that can be observed and tested. The document also provides examples of formal science topics like the order of operations and an example mnemonic device for remembering it.

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GST105 Red

This document provides an overview of the course "History and Philosophy of Science GST105". It defines science in three ways: as a body of knowledge, as a process of acquiring knowledge, and as an institution. It describes the two main branches of science as formal science, which includes disciplines like mathematics and physics that follow rules, and empirical science, which studies phenomena that can be observed and tested. The document also provides examples of formal science topics like the order of operations and an example mnemonic device for remembering it.

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Course code History and

Philosophy of Science
GST105

Module 1 Unit 1: The Nature of Science.


Main Content: Definition of science.
Branch of Science.
Aim of Science.
Differentiate between Science and non Science
discipline.
Definition of Science: There are three definitions of science.
Science as a body of knowledge: It is a process of acquiring knowledge to get a better
understanding through observation or thinking. The body of knowledge generally regarded as
science include: chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics and microbiology.
Science as a medium of acquiring knowledge: It is a process of acquiring information and
getting the exact understanding based on observations and experimentation.
Science as an institution: It is the study and development of human knowledge in various
research and educational institution.
Branch of Science.
There are two ways of grouping scientific discipline or body of knowledge.
1: Formal Science: Science is said to be formal if its content, argument and producer obey
certain roles. The formal science include; mathematics ( which comprises geometry, algebra,
trigonometry, arithmetic), logic, theoretical physics and statistics.
The mnemonic device rule is BODMAS.
B stands for bracket. The symbol is ( ).
O stands for of. The symbol is still “of”.
D stands for division. The symbol is /.
M stands for multiplication. The symbol is “×”.
A stands for addition. The symbol is “+”.
S stands for subtraction. The symbol is “ – ”.
2: Empirical science: These study object and phenomena which can be observed and also be
tested with instruments.
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