My inquiry question for this semester one project is “when and how do scientific theories change?”
To research this question further, I plan to investigate three sub questions:
- How are scientific theories created?
- What makes a scientific theory “correct” and accepted?
- When and what causes a scientific theory to change?
By researching these three questions, I think I’ll be able to have a deeper understanding of scientific theories, how they are created, and how they are accepted and proved.
Here are some sources that I think will be helpful in my future research:
- https://www.livescience.com/21491-what-is-a-scientific-theory-definition-of-theory.html#:~:text=Every%20scientific%20theory%20relies%20on,and%20begin%20the%20process%20again.
- https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/what-do-we-mean-theory-science
- https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/evolution-today/what-is-a-theory#:~:text=Scientific%20theories%20are%20testable.,explains—the%20stronger%20the%20theory.
- https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg25233662-400-when-does-a-theory-become-a-fact-and-who-decides/
- https://undsci.berkeley.edu/understanding-science-101/how-science-works/even-theories-change/