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- Science is the acquiring of knowledge based on scientific method- made through observation, the formulating of hypothesis, the making of prediction, and the testing of these predictions. If the observation fits with the prediction and the hypothesis, then a generalisation or theory will be established to explain how something works. - Science can only address questions related to the natural universe- which are questions that are physically able to be tested and experimented with - Can be used to explain how the laws of nature work, but can not help us to determine from where they have originated.
 * __What are the major limitations of Science and how they have been reflected in our attempts to learn about the Solar System?__ **

- By dealing with cases that can only be experienced through the senses, science is excluded from other areas of phenomena. e.g. something ‘supernatural’ is something that can’t be explained by the laws of nature- which is the medium in which science works- so Science can't address such issues - George Boas "... what science wants is a rational universe”- because it tries to find patterns and mathematical relationships to try to make sense of why certain things occur- but not necessarily everything in the universe follows logical patterns and relationships- limitation- subjective in its nature--- shouldn’t be the only way to acquire knowledge- it doesn’t deal with immaterial or supernatural relationships- not as universal and ubiquitous as people think- doesn’t address everything   -  Nothing absolute can be derived from science. Science can only generate generally accepted theories, and generally accepted theories have been disproven and paradigms shifted many times (see below).

- E.g. Geocentric theory of the solar system (that earth at centre of solar system) - was disproved- by studies in astronomy and physics. - practical limitations- as scientific method dependent on answering questions that have the “potential to be tested and experimented with”-we as humans are presented with a difficulty- some areas in the solar system are beyond our means to do so .. - its extreme expansiveness + conditions unsuitable to humans--> a limitation which makes testing much harder - which shows us that scientific method is heavily constrained by the limits of technology and the limits of humans and human intelligence- something that has prevented us from learning about the solar system through Science - Because the solar system is so vast it is incredibly expensive to experiment with places in the solar system- the extent of scientific development in the area of the solar system is heavily dependent on how willing the government is to donate funds- because usually they are the only ones with the amount needed- and science usually isn’t a top priority for them- - -the origins of the universe, and hence the solar system, cannot really be explained by Science because there is no physical way of testing the origins of things
 * Solar System **

- Science has proved vital in our learning of the solar system though, and while it does have limitations, there doesn’t seem to be many other alternative ways or doing so effectively


 * Different Perspective**

- as aforementioned- science cannot tell us where the origins of the laws of nature and of the universe (and therefore the solar system) come from. Other areas however, can, such as religion- e.g. christianity claims that God is a supreme being created and rules the universe. Bibliography ** Gill, Mohammad. "Limitations of Science." //http://www.Chowk.com///. chowk.com, 1997. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. .

Webber, Jessica. "The Limitations of Science." //Hubpages.com//. Hubpages Inc., 2010. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. .

Destiny. "Theories Proven Wrong." //http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov//. Newton, 2009. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. .