Does science answer the question why?

To summarize: for the activities of living things, science can and does answer the why question and assigns a final cause. However, for non-living things science has not found the final cause concept to be useful and has eliminated it based on parsimony.

Can science answer all our questions in mind?

Science Cannot Provide Complete Answers to All Questions Nor do scientists have the means to settle issues concerning good and evil, although they can sometimes contribute to the discussion of such issues by identifying the likely consequences of particular actions, which may be helpful in weighing alternatives.

Can science answer the big questions?

There are two classes of so-called “big questions.” The former are invented, and the latter can be fully answered by science. Science has proved itself to be a reliable way to approach all kinds of questions about the physical world.

What are two assumptions that all scientists make?

These six assumptions are common to all the disciplines, to all scientists:

• Nature is orderly, and the laws of nature describe that order.
• We can know nature.
• All phenomena have natural causes.
• Nothing is self evident.
• Knowledge is derived from acquisition of experience.
• Knowledge is superior to ignorance.

Do scientists really have all the answers?

There’s nothing like popping on a lab coat to make it seem like you know what you’re talking about, but do scientists really have all the answers? Actually, as it turns out, no. There are loads of everyday things that we take for granted, that science simply can’t explain.

Can science prove the existence of God?

For a question or hypothesis to be scientific, it must be falsifiable. It’s easy to hypothesize that one or more gods may exist, but it’s impossible to measure or disprove the existence of such a being. Consequently, it is not a question that science can, or should even attempt to, answer.

Can science answer the question of ethics?

Consequently, it is not a question that science can, or should even attempt to, answer. Similarly, anything related to ethics cannot be answered scientifically. Consider the ongoing debates over assisted suicide, or abortion.

What questions can never be answered through experimental observation?

First I ask: what questions can never be answered through experimental observation? The answer is: most of math! There is no way to discover or demonstrate, for example that the square-root of two cannot be expressed at the ratio of two whole numbers.

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