Recently, I had been reading some articles on the philosophy of science and the role of scientific method in our lives. Consequently, I am a bit confused and find some definite sizeable answers to all of the following questions.

Does scientific method affords to deny or prove the existence of God? Is metaphysics a science ?

Does scienctific method gives us enough room to and flexibility to endeavour into the fields of philosophy, sociology,anthropology and other semi-scientific and non scientific field of study on the basis of purely 'scientific' theories?

Do the mathematical equations play extensions of our senses in making scientific observations?

Hypotheses is essentially a testable statement. Are modern physical theories ,raised on mathematical grounds but not testable at present with the existing technology , scientific ones in this sense?

Big Bang and Evolution constitue the stuff which isn't based on observations which can occur again and again and subjected to strict experimentational trials. Then how much scientific are they?

What ,in brief, is the philosophy of science?

This may be seem like asking a lot in one single post. But all these questions had to be asked in one shot. However, one may answer by making brief statements and then we discuss things which need furthur explanation.

I'll be grateful for any help in this regard.
Yasir.

• Five of six answered - luis_hamburgh - November 24, 2001 - 18:09 UTC
  • Sacred Cows are not Immortal! (nt) - pmartin - November 24, 2001 - 23:08 UTC
    • Immortality is not a sacred cow; headlines are not articles - carefuluniverse - November 25, 2001 - 01:28 UTC
  • Criteria of a 'scientific theory - ymateen - November 25, 2001 - 09:11 UTC
    • I must be getting old -- I blame the schools - luis_hamburgh - November 25, 2001 - 20:06 UTC
      • Big Bang (expansion of space) is a collection of FACTS. - alexander - November 26, 2001 - 18:10 UTC
        • The nature of fact - ymateen - November 27, 2001 - 16:10 UTC
          • I do not understand. Do you deny redshift? - alexander - November 27, 2001 - 20:20 UTC
            • Of course not. - ymateen - November 28, 2001 - 16:34 UTC
        • You are right - luis_hamburgh - November 28, 2001 - 16:32 UTC
          • Both of you are right and helped to remove the mist (nt) - ymateen - November 28, 2001 - 16:37 UTC
  • Criteria of a 'scientific' theory - ymateen - November 25, 2001 - 09:11 UTC
• your friends - carefuluniverse - November 24, 2001 - 20:22 UTC
  • More explanation required - ymateen - November 25, 2001 - 09:02 UTC
    • 1,2,3 - carefuluniverse - November 25, 2001 - 09:43 UTC
      • 1 - ymateen - November 25, 2001 - 12:04 UTC
        • Their words answer you so well - carefuluniverse - November 26, 2001 - 06:30 UTC
          • Scientific method is observing fact and explaining it logically. - alexander - November 26, 2001 - 22:03 UTC
            • Chances!!!! - ymateen - November 27, 2001 - 16:24 UTC
              • "to be bold that much.... scientifically?" (nt) - ymateen - November 27, 2001 - 16:43 UTC
              • More than enough. - alexander - November 27, 2001 - 20:45 UTC
                • Those old-fashioned 'gods' are not the only option - dolphin - November 28, 2001 - 06:41 UTC
                • God, philosophy and Science - ymateen - November 28, 2001 - 16:10 UTC
                  • Science had already proven nonexistence of god. - alexander - November 28, 2001 - 20:30 UTC
                    • Alex: Stephen Hawking found God but didn't recognise Him - dolphin - November 29, 2001 - 06:25 UTC
                      • Hawkins and many Nobelists belive in god. They are just wrong. - alexander - November 29, 2001 - 15:11 UTC
                        • They also believed in ether(nt) - yanniru - November 29, 2001 - 15:14 UTC
                          • There also was this guy who thought... - smartguy - November 29, 2001 - 15:56 UTC
                            • fortunately, science does not deal with beliefs, but with facts. - alexander - November 29, 2001 - 22:48 UTC
                              • You are the second biggest "arguer from authority" on this list - carefuluniverse - November 30, 2001 - 02:50 UTC
                                • I just state the fact(hat schience deals with facts,not belifs) - alexander - November 30, 2001 - 04:06 UTC
                                  • Alex: do you believe this to be a fact? - dolphin - December 2, 2001 - 07:23 UTC
                                    • Regardless my belief, science deals with FACTS. - alexander - December 3, 2001 - 20:13 UTC
                        • Hawking defines God as "Universal Order" - sound familiar? (nt) - luis_hamburgh - November 30, 2001 - 00:42 UTC
                          • Just another name of math (logic). - alexander - November 30, 2001 - 18:23 UTC
                            • But Hawking recognizes the need for higher dimensions (nt) - luis_hamburgh - December 1, 2001 - 17:11 UTC
                    • Alex: the subject is: EXISTENCE IS WHO IS. - dolphin - November 29, 2001 - 06:29 UTC
                      • Alan, you said nonsence statements (beings, trios, etc). - alexander - November 29, 2001 - 15:02 UTC
                        • I am talking about a certain claim - dolphin - December 2, 2001 - 07:27 UTC
                    • It's logically impossible to prove inexistence of God (nt - luis_hamburgh - November 30, 2001 - 00:41 UTC
                      • No, vice versa: logically god simply does NOT exist. - alexander - November 30, 2001 - 18:22 UTC
                        • You cannot change logic, only your image of stubbornness. - luis_hamburgh - December 7, 2001 - 03:00 UTC
              • Shall I believe the technologist or the theorist? - carefuluniverse - November 28, 2001 - 18:25 UTC
                • Still looking for "beings" around? - alexander - November 28, 2001 - 20:32 UTC
                  • Hope you meant that in a nice way - carefuluniverse - November 29, 2001 - 05:05 UTC
            • Alexander is teasing. Real math proves limits of mechanics - carefuluniverse - November 30, 2001 - 19:02 UTC
              • Michael, do you want to say something or what? - alexander - December 1, 2001 - 01:38 UTC
    • Yazir, if god is objective reality, why to use 2 terms then? - alexander - November 26, 2001 - 20:59 UTC
      • God of Order - ymateen - November 27, 2001 - 16:38 UTC
        • God likes athesists - yanniru - November 27, 2001 - 16:55 UTC
          • If it were _really my opinion, would I live it? - carefuluniverse - November 28, 2001 - 07:25 UTC
            • An honest god! - yanniru - November 28, 2001 - 15:09 UTC
              • I Am not rejecting this notion but we have developed - carefuluniverse - December 2, 2001 - 03:25 UTC
          • Exact statement required - ymateen - November 28, 2001 - 16:24 UTC
            • Never heard of god of order before - yanniru - November 28, 2001 - 16:31 UTC
              • G.O.D coined in"hyperspace' by KUKU(nt) - ymateen - November 28, 2001 - 16:41 UTC
              • i.e G.O.O (god of order) -nt - ymateen - November 28, 2001 - 16:51 UTC