EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that has been repeatedly tested and corroborated in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scientific laws are typically conclusions based on repeated scientific experiments and observations over many years and which have become accepted universally within the scientific community.

Detailed explanation-3: -The facts are dead, long live the facts. It seems simple enough: The job of science is to observe, describe, and explain the natural world through hypothesis and experimentation.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the scientists investigate the hypothesis, they follow a line of reasoning and eventually formulate a theory. Once a theory has been tested thoroughly and is accepted, it becomes a scientific law.

Detailed explanation-5: -First published Thu Mar 21, 2019. Pragmatic theories of truth are usually associated either with C.S. Peirce’s proposal that true beliefs will be accepted “at the end of inquiry” or with William James’ proposal that truth be defined in terms of utility.