THE MISCONCEPTION OF SCIENTIFIC THEORY, LAW AND HYPOTHESIS

THE MISCONCEPTION OF SCIENTIFIC THEORY, LAW AND HYPOTHESIS. THEORY VS. SCIENTIFIC THEORY ¨ Many people thought that a scientific theory is a speculation¨ THEORY - Hypothesis, speculation, guess, view, belief, opinion, thinking,suspicion etc. SCIENTIFIC THEORY - in Science, the term Theory refers to a well substantiated explanation of some aspect of natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. such fact supported theories are not ´guesses´ but reliable accounts of the real world. HYPOTHESIS VS. SCIENTIFIC THEORY HYPOTHESIS - is a suggested explanation for an observable phenomenon or a reasoned predict of a possible casual correlation among multiple phenomena. SCIENTIFIC THEORY - in Science, Theory is tested, well substantiated, unifying explanation for a set of verified proven factors and always backed by evidence. a hypothesis is an attempt to explain phenomena. It is a pr...