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Option 4 : Science is a social endeavour
Science is an attempt to explain natural phenomena. People from all cultures contribute to science. Scientific knowledge, while durable, has a tentative character. Scientific knowledge relies heavily on, but not entirely, observation, experimental evidence, rational arguments, and skepticism.
Science is a social endeavor best describes the nature of science as:
- Science as a social endeavor means the application of science to figuring out how the world works/exists/originated etc.
- Another dimension of Science as a social endeavor is to solve various problems, satisfy various needs, and sustainable the development of society with the help of scientific knowledge.
- Science is a social endeavor because it involves groups of scientists working together.
- Human beings observe the situations, objects, events, and phenomena around them. They try to make sense of these. They try to find out patterns of interrelations
between various objects, situations, and phenomena. They search for the patterns
among these interrelationships. - Using knowledge of these patterns communities adjust their behavior, and develop customs and culture for leading a comfortable life.
- By knowing the environment humans learned to exploit it for making their living. They developed technologies as they solved problems by doing everything possible within given constraints.
- They also developed science as they made an effort to reach the best understanding or create an explanation of certain events or phenomena consistent with the evidence.
Hence Science is a social endeavor best describes the nature of science.
On the other hand remaining options also describe the nature of science to some extent but only the last option justifies it completely.
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