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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 2. Determine the problem – identify the factors involved. 3. Formulate a hypothesis – the goal is to reject the null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis for the study “to count as significant”. 4. Conduct experiment – setting up dependent and independent variables and trying to see how independent ones affect dependent variables. 5. Gather and analyze – results throughout and upon culmination of the experiment. 6. Formulate conclusion and provide recommendation Verification Theory – a discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted. Vienna Circle – showed metaphysics as not simple false but also meaningless; composed of elite scholars and philosophers. Falsification Theory – proposed by Karl Popper, suggest that for a theory to be considered scientific, it must be able to be tested and conceivable proven false. - Scientific theory must make predictions that can be proven true, otherwise, the predictions will be rejected if not proven correct. Science and Philosophy They always learned from each other. Science’s facts and laws has always been related to philosophy Equal partners assisting creative thoughts Philosophy – the science of the sciences