Natural sciences: Natural sciences are the branches of science that study the natural world, including living organisms and inanimate matter. They use scientific methods to observe, measure, and experiment to understand the natural world and make predictions about its behavior. Scientific reliability is ensured by publications in peer-reviewed journals. See also Science, Measurements, Method, Observation, Experiments._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |