首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In science the meaning of the word "explain" suffers with civilization’s every step in search of reality. Science can not really
In science the meaning of the word "explain" suffers with civilization’s every step in search of reality. Science can not really
admin
2010-02-21
26
问题
In science the meaning of the word "explain" suffers with civilization’s every step in search of reality. Science can not really explain electricity, magnetism, and gravitation; their effects can be measured and predicted, but of their nature no more is known to the modem scientist than to Thales who first speculated on the electrification of amber. Most contemporary physicists reject the notion that man can ever discover what these mysterious forces "really" are. Electricity, Bertrand Russell says, "is not a thing, like St. Paul’s Cathedral; it is a way in which things behave. When we have told how things behave, when they are electrified, we have told all there is to tell." Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea. Aristotle, for example, whose natural science dominated Western thought for two thousand years, believed that man could arrive at an understanding of reality by reasoning from self-evident principles. He felt, for example, that it is a self-evident principle that everything in the universe has its proper place, hence one can conclude that objects fall to the ground because that is where they belong, and smoking goes up because that is where it belongs. The goal of Aristotelian science was to explain why things happen. Modem science was born when Galileo began trying to explain how things happen and thus originated the method of con- trolled experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigation.
The passage says that until recently scientists disagreed with the idea ______.
选项
A、that there are mysterious forces in the universe
B、that man can not discover what forces "really" are
C、that there are self-evident principles
D、that we can discover why things behave as they do
答案
C
解析
文中指出Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea,随后就以Aristotle的理论为例,论证该句,作者指出Aristotle的理论“人类通过reasoning from self- evident principles就能理解客观事实”不正确,可判断,科学家们不同意self-evident principles这一论断。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/SvIO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Lookatthepassagebelow.Someinformationismissing.Youwillhearawomantalkingaboutshoesprices.Foreachquestion9-15
NewZealand’shighestearningexportsarePeterBullsaysthattheKMBwassetupinordertoincrease
•Lookatthenotesbelow.•Someinformationismissing.•Youwillhearaconversationaboutmakingtravelarrangements.•For
Lookatthenotesbelow.Someinformationismissing.YouwillhearamangivingapresentationaboutArlingtonPark,atraining
ElizabethEltingNameofHerBusiness:【B1】______RevenuesoftheBusiness:【B2】______millionDegree:【B3】Bachelorof______Co-f
Whomakessurethecompany’sproductsaremadeproperly?Whokeepsfinancialrecordsofallbusinesstransactions?
RetirementforMarionMarionWhiteisduetoretirenextweekfromwell-knownlocallawfirmBarney&Francis,(29)...
LittletonNewsUpdateTherateofunemploymentinLittleton,asmalltowninthesouthwestofEngland,hasreachedarecord
Lookattheofficeplanbelow.Itshowsthevarioussectionsofasmallconsultancycompany.Forquestions6-10,decidewhichse
Heknewthathewouldbepunishedseverelybecauseofhisseriouserror.Thereforehe______awaythedaybeforeyesterday.
随机试题
第一审民事判决书中,准予离婚的事件,判决结果应当写明
19世纪70年代到90年代,________向________即________过渡,出现了列强争夺殖民地的狂潮。________,中国陷入“________”。列强瓜分中国的图谋在1894年________爆发后达到高潮。
髋关节脱位的最多见类型是
肩部约束带主要限制病人()。
特发性血小板减少性紫癜病人实验室检查可见
导游员必须在送站前48小时与散客旅游者确认送站时间和地点。()
根据以下情境材料,回答问题。2015年,全国报告发生因滥用毒品导致暴力攻击、自杀自残、毒驾肇事等极端案件事件336起,查获涉案吸毒人员349名,破获吸毒人员引发的刑事案件17,4万起,全国每年因吸毒造成的直接经济损失及禁毒相关投入超过万亿元。根据以下毒品
下列不属于我国国家主席职权的是()。
在VisualFoxPro中,假设先打开了sdb数据库文件,接着打开了sc数据库文件,先要指定当前数据库为SDB,应使用命令:______DATEABASETOSDB。
NarratorListentopartofalectureonNew-AgeTransport.Nowgetreadytoanswerthequestions.Youmayuseyournotestohelp
最新回复
(
0
)