RESEARCH-BASED CURRICULUM

The word science is defined as 'knowledge acquired through study'.   To appreciate this definition, it is important to recognize that scientific understanding is founded upon human observation and the interpretation of these observations based upon prior understanding.  The research-based curriculum we shall develop here seeks to communicate this reality by presenting scientific concepts (1) within their real-world context, and (2) without placing them along an artificial timeline to suggest that the history of scientific exploration is simply a linear progression of discoveries and inventions leading mankind from ignorance to enlightenment.

To this end, we have structured our curriculum in an intentionally non-linear manner.  Lectures will be organized based upon their general area of focus, but may be read in any order:

The Philosophy of Science   Witch Doctors, Alchemists, and Physicians New!   The Roots of Scientific Inquiry New!   The 'Self' New!   The Search for the 'Self' New!

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