Type:		Electronic Citation
Title:		Ways of Finding the Truth
Author(s):		Strobel, N.
Date:		2007/06/01
Abstract:		Possible ways of knowing: testimony, authority, revelation, mystical visions, scientific method. Observational experience is a crucial part of scientific knowledge. The experience must be objective and communicable in public language. Scientific theories must logically agree with known physical truths or well-established physical laws. No matter how much logical deduction and mathematical analysis is used, the scientific theory must be checked against the real world to confirm the theory. However, the exploration of the implications of a logical train of thought is a vital part of the scientific process. The best ideas are those that enable us to make connections between rational theories and the physical world.
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