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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 16:07:01 2020 No.11993937 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11993957 >>11994134

Why is the atomic theory still just a scientific theory?

Why isn't it a scientific law yet?
The entire scientific branch of chemistry is based on it so why isn't it a law yet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 16:11:31 No.11993957 Report

Quoted By: >>11993979

>>11993937
No such thing as "scientific law".
A "Theory" is the highest achievement in science. Some equations and such might be dubbed "laws" but they aren't. This is because Science is Empiricism and Empiricism never proves anything or deals with proof at all.
What Science does is go "based on our sensory experiences this thing happens, and we assume it will continue to happen maybe in the future with high probability so the theory is blah blah". There is no proof and proof isn't even possible in principle because there is no synthetic a priori.

William Davis

William Davis Mon 10 Aug 2020 16:19:36 No.11993979 Report

Quoted By: >>11994025

>>11993957
So Newton's laws of motion are just theories then

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 16:35:17 No.11994025 Report

Quoted By: >>11994153

>>11993979
Yes. Falsified ones at that, replaced by the theory of General Relativity.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 17:19:23 No.11994134 Report

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>>11993937
>just a scientific theory
In science, 'theory' is pretty damn solid,
it's like a nuclear-powered supercarrier,
almost impossible to sink. To become a theory, it has to:

1) explain all observed phenomena

2) predict new phenomena

3) the predicted new phenomena has then been verified by testing

A 'theory' does all of (1)+(2)+(3), while 'hypothesis' is just (1)+(2).

The layman's use of the word 'theory', even in the best case, is about the same as the scientist's 'hypothesis'.
In most everyday use it is just (1), and often fails even that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 17:25:05 No.11994149 Report

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Because "atomic theory" is more comprehensive than a law. Theories attempt to describe why things are happening, whereas laws just model the math based on observations.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 17:26:56 No.11994153 Report

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>>11994025
> Falsified ones at that,

No. they're 'true' theories. Gen Rel is just better/more true/improvement. Newton still got us to the moon, pretty good for a 'falsified' theory

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