Definition of Science

[CarbonCopy]

What exactly is the definition of a Science ? Is it a subject where we do experiments by he the Scientific Method or Something Else ?

[swansont]

I don't know that there is a concise and encompassing definition, and there is no "the" scientific method. Science deals with creating and testing models that tell us how nature behaves.

[juanrga]

What exactly is the definition of a Science ? Is it a subject where we do experiments by he the Scientific Method or Something Else ?

 

I do not know what do you mean by "exact", but this is a modern and general definition:

 

]Science is the enterprise dealing with (i) the description, analysis, and synthesis of parts of the observable universe and their transformations, following systematic methods, (ii) the recording and organization of the acquired accumulative knowledge into testable formalisms and methods, and (iii) the dissemination of this knowledge.

 

[/i]The definition even considers the recent scientific discoveries made by robots as Adam (ref 3 in the above link).

Edited October 27, 2012 by juanrga

[ajb]

Basically, something is scientific if it uses "the scientific method". Which as swansont notes, there is no the scientific method, but rather a guiding principle or philosophy.

 

Because of this, investigating just about anything can be done scientifically.