Paul Nelson of the University of Chicago points out that paleoanthropology, to cite one science, would be impossible without the concept of agency. Scientists use it to distinguish between tools and ...

Matthew A. Thompson ’26 lives in Matthews Hall. The scientific method: hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion. This is how I understood science at a Texas high school; this is also a notion that most ...

This post is part of a series. You can read part 1 here. “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” —Albert Einstein In part 1 ...

These scientists emphasize that science is first and foremost a non-dogmatic, open-minded method of acquiring knowledge about nature through the observation, experimental investigation, and ...