The Ten Assumptions of Science

by Glenn Borchardt

Although the book makes an excellent supplement to college courses in scientific philosophy, it is an astounding eye-opener for the educated reader with an interest in science and philosophy.

The Ten Assumptions of Science

Author: Glenn Borchardt

Publisher: iUniverse

ISBN: 059531127X

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The Ten Assumptions of Science presents the logically coherent set of assumptions destined to define 21st century scientific philosophy. Glenn Borchardt first explains why assumptions and not absolutes are necessary for scientific thinking. By exploring the opposition between deterministic and indeterministic views, he clearly shows how critical choices among underlying assumptions either clarify or muddle scientific analysis.He shows how customary mixtures of deterministic and indeterministic assumptions are responsible for the current confusion in modern physics. According to Dr. Borchardt, only rare physicists and philosophers have an inkling of the nature of time, space, energy, and matter. The need for reassessing our fundamental assumptions is indicated by the present sorry state of cosmology. Otherwise intelligent scientists promulgate the idea that the universe expanded from a tiny "singularity" smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. At the very least, adherence to Borchardt's assumptions will contribute to the rejection of the "Big Bang Theory," which has surpassed the flat Earth theory as the greatest embarrassment to serious thinkers everywhere. Although the book makes an excellent supplement to college courses in scientific philosophy, it is an astounding eye-opener for the educated reader with an interest in science and philosophy.

Ten Questions

by Joel M. Charon

Two Assumptions of Science Religions make several assumptions about the
universe . Most assume that a God exists and that this God has given humankind
a set of moral laws to live by . Most of them also assume that people ' s souls live
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Ten Questions

Author: Joel M. Charon

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

ISBN: 9780534570514

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This book employs a unique approach to introducing and examining sociological principles by posing and answering in each chapter a question such as What does it mean to be human?; Are human beings free?; and Why is there misery in the world? The book examines the philosophies of classical sociologists such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead, and Berger and looks at how the field of sociology has approached these questions over the past 150 years.

Absolute Space Absolute Time Absolute Motion

by Peter F. Erickson

In his well - written book , The Ten Assumptions of Science , Glenn Borchardt has
objected that “ an element of spacial extent ' can represent one of two
possibilities : either it is something or it is nothing . If it is nothing , then it is indeed
empty ...

Absolute Space Absolute Time Absolute Motion

Author: Peter F. Erickson

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Absolute Space, Absolute Time, and Absolute Motion exist. These are shown to be facts through an investigation of the nature of infinitesimals. Knowledge of that nature also makes the irrational magnitudes within the unit comprehensible. The number line is shown to be cognitively superior to set theory; furthermore, non-Euclidean geometry is shown to be a mere manipulation of symbols and not an expression of a "parallel universe." Inside, the reader will also learn about a hitherto unknown number system locked within _-1. He will also discover in the infinitesimal calculus a hidden key to a level of reality beneath that of nano-technology.. The foundation of science is not some vague generality, but the exercise of reason as originating from the human sensorium. There is no difference between mathematical and ordinary inductive reasoning.

Science Digest

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Some of these as crude as the hand shovel is when assumptions are scientific ,
some are compared with the steam shovel ... Wild Ducks Dive for Food to Depth
of Ten Feet LACK ducks can dive for food on the Backom of water as much as ten
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Nuclear Science Abstracts

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The fundamental steps of the new derivation of Boltzmann's equation with the
assumption of determinacy were given previously . This derivation starts from
Boltzmann's original interpretation of the function f ( r , v.t ) as a particle number
density ...

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Instruction Delivery Systems

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The design and development of the ten discs is influenced by prior research with
instructional videodisc technology ... The fundamental assumption of Science
Quest is that science should be multidisciplinary and should serve a general ...

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Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain

by Victoria Institute (Great Britain)

Here we find the theological basis of that which is the primary assumption of
science ; the unbroken continuity of nature . Let it not be forgotten that this
assumption of continuity , “ which may be called the law of causality , cannot be
proved but ...

Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain

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Each volume includes list of members, and "objects of the institute" (except v. 31, which has no list of members). Beginning with v. 12, a list of the papers contained in preceding volumes is issued regularly with each volume.

Faith and Thought

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Here we find the theological basis of that which is the primary assumption of
science ; the unbroken continuity of nature . ... expression is not brought out in
Scripture until we meet it again as a quotation in the fourth of the “ Ten Words ” of
Sinai ...

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Nuclear Science Abstracts

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... on desigi assumptions to verify analytical models and have established a
degree of conservatism of design assumptions. ... After ten years of operation in
the AEC's reactor HIFAR to a fluence of 3 X 1021 n cm“2 (E > 1 MeV) in the range
... 10 NUCLEAR SCIENCE ABSTRACTS Research, Test, and Experimental
React.

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This is indeed the exact tone of some of the Ten copies , or more , to one address
, one year , each copy ninety editorials ... In assumptions , and their judgment
upon the subject operative this form it makes its second bow , and wishes all its ...

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Management Science

by Andrew W. Shogan

Given our knowledge of the EOQ model , we can easily state the assumptions of
the EPQ model . In particular , of the ten assumptions for the EOQ model listed
near the beginning of Section 14 . 4 , all remain unchanged except the third and ...

Management Science

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The Philosophy of A J Ayer

by Lewis Edwin Hahn

It is impossible to reach a scientific knowledge that is fully warranted against all
danger of error . Nobody ... The short - form system maintained by Russell and
resulting from the composition of the ten assumptions extracted by Ayer would
say ...

The Philosophy of A J Ayer

Author: Lewis Edwin Hahn

Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company

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This, the 21st volume in the Library of Living Philosophers, is more than Sir Alfred Ayer's final word on the philosophical issues that preoccupied him for more than sixty years; the list of contributors is a roll-call of some of the greatest living figures in philosophy, each expertly addressing a key problem arising in Ayer's work. Most of the critical papers are answered directly and in detail by Sir Alfred-he completed his replies to 21 of the 24 papers before his death. Contributors include: A. J. Ayer, Evandro Agazzi, James Campbell, David S. Clarke, Michael Dummett, Elizabeth Eames, John Foster, Dimitri Ginev, Paul Gochet, Martin Hollis, Ted Honderich, Tscha Hung, Peter Kivy, Arne Naess, D. J. O'Connor, Desiree Park, David Pears, Azarya Polikarov, Hilary Putnam, Francisco Miró, Quesada C., A. Anthony Quinton, Emanuele Riverso, Ernest Sosa, T. L. S. Sprigge, Barry Stroud, and David Wiggins.

The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science

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The multiplicity of the mixtures and the combinations , Next the scale from the ten
old sheathings gave an mechanical or ... hence , on dissolving in nitric | are
mixtures , " and this assumption ( which we may call acid , some of the gold
passed ...

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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science

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The multiplicity of the mixtures and the combinations , Next the scale from the ten
öld sheathings gave an mechanical or ... hence , on dissolving in nitric are
mixtures , " and this assumption ( which we may call acid , some of the gold
passed ...

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Choice

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Borchardt (director, Progressive Science Institute), a thoughtful earth scientist,
begins with a listing of what are called the ten assumptions of science. Not all
readers may agree that all the items listed, such as irreversibility, uncertainty, ...

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