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Refining a theory

A new theory usually keeps what the old one got right and fixes where it went wrong: Newton's gravity still sends rockets to the Moon, and Einstein's explains what Newton's couldn't.

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You can say what Einstein's theory kept from Newton's and what it fixed.

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    You can say what Einstein's theory kept from Newton's and what it fixed.

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    Changing a big ideaMost changes in science refine a theory instead of replacing it.Predicting something newEinstein's theory passed a new prediction, the bending of starlight.

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What's still between you and Refining a theory, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13Fair testDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14ValidityDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  15. 15Deduction and inductionDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  16. 16Hasty generalisationDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  17. 17Sample sizeDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  18. 18ReplicationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  19. 19Strong and weak evidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  20. 20Degrees of confidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  21. 21Big claims need big evidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  22. 22Science corrects itselfDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  23. 23Updating beliefsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  24. 24Changing a big ideaDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  25. 25Scientific explanationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  26. 26Scientific theoryDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  27. 27FalsifiabilityDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  28. 28Predicting something newDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  29. 29Refining a theoryDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science

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