Definitions

reasoning proceeding from broad basic principles applied to specific situations

reasoning process proceeding from small specific situations to more general truths

able to be tested in objective ways

process of modern science where scientists begin with an educated guess about how the world works, and then set about designing small controlled observations to support or invalidate that hypothesis.

a general statement about the way variables relate that is objectively falsifable

• 1) the universe operats according to certain natural laws
• 2) these laws are discoverable and testable