Understanding nature

By Hub Zwart

Subjects: Philosophie de la nature, Knowledge, theory of, Philosophy of nature, Science and the arts, Theory of Knowledge, The orie de la connaissance, Literature and science

Description: We tend to identify???real??? knowledge of nature with science, and for good reasons. The sciences have developed unique ways of disclosing and modifying the intricate workings of nature, building on quantitative, experimental and technologically advanced styles of thinking. Scientific research has produced robust and reliable forms of knowledge, using methodologies that are often remarkably transparent and verifiable. At the same time, laboratories and other research settings are highly artificial environments, constituting drastically modified versions of reality, allowing nature to emerge.