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    The document discusses what makes theories in human sciences and natural sciences convincing. It notes that human sciences make sense of complex situations through theories and understand social practices by observing and using reason, while natural sciences form theories that can be tested using scientific conjectures and experience. The document questions how knowledge can be gained and evidence provided by human and natural science theories can be considered reliable and accurate, and asks what justifies the belief that theories are derived from reason and paradigms can be proven.

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    The document discusses what makes theories in human sciences and natural sciences convincing. It notes that human sciences make sense of complex situations through theories and understand social practices by observing and using reason, while natural sciences form theories that can be tested using scientific conjectures and experience. The document questions how knowledge can be gained and evidence provided by human and natural science theories can be considered reliable and accurate, and asks what justifies the belief that theories are derived from reason and paradigms can be proven.

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    Arjun Ram
    The document discusses what makes theories in human sciences and natural sciences convincing. It notes that human sciences make sense of complex situations through theories and understand social practices by observing and using reason, while natural sciences form theories that can be tested using scientific conjectures and experience. The document questions how knowledge can be gained and evidence provided by human and natural science theories can be considered reliable and accurate, and asks what justifies the belief that theories are derived from reason and paradigms can be proven.

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    Rebecca Hirsch TOK-11 Prompt #5: What is it about theories in the human sciences and natural

    sciences that makes them convincing?


    Knowledge Claims1) Human scientists make sense of complex real-world situations through their theories. 2) As knowledge in human and natural sciences grows it is possible to establish these studies on firmer foundations. 3) Human sciences understand and explain the meaning of various social practices by observing and using reason. 4) Natural science is formed by scientific conjectures and theories that can be tested. 5) The power of the sciences derives from the combination of reason in form of math and experience as observation data. 6) Science is the only way we can make sense if reality and discover the truth behind it.

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    1) What is the justification for the common belief that human and natural sciences theories are derived from reason?

    2) How can knowledge be gained trough human and natural science theories? 3) What makes society assume human and natural science theories are reliable? 4) How can evidence provided in natural and human science theories be dependable? 5) How can the paradigm for natural and human sciences be proven? 6) What is the evidence that human and natural science theories are accurate?

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