The Nature of Scientific knowledge

The Nature of Scientific knowledge

Introduction

The nature of science and scientific knowledge are two dimensions of scientific literacy, which is sometimes used interchangeably in the literature to refer to same understandings. However, there is a major distinction between both the concepts in of scientific literacy, which is arguable. The differentiation is basically between both the terms of “science” and “scientific knowledge”. The term science is defined as the human activities by which the questions and problems can be identified by natural phenomena, and proper solution can be proposed and tested on certain conditions. On the other hand, ...