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An '''exact science''' constructs theories making predictions which can be verified or falsified using quantitative and rigorous measurements. Usually the natural sciences are considered to be exact sciences, while social sciences are considered to be non-quantifiable. More colloquial terms going among similar lines are 'hard science' and 'soft science'. It is important to note that the existence of a theory which is non quantifiable right now in any science, does not imply this science to be not exact. Several important theories existed for long times until experiments (or measurements) could be designed to test them. Some sciences have or had components of hard and soft sciences. Sometimes new measurement methods and technologies can change a soft science into a hard one (e.g. medical science over the last few hundred years).
An '''exact science''' constructs theories making predictions which can be verified or falsified using quantitative and rigorous measurements. Usually the natural sciences are considered to be exact sciences, while social sciences are considered to be non-quantifiable. More colloquial terms going among similar lines are 'hard science' and 'soft science'. It is important to note that the existence of a theory which is non quantifiable right now in any science, does not imply this science to be not exact. Several important theories existed for long times until experiments (or measurements) could be designed to test them. Some sciences have or had components of hard and soft sciences. Sometimes new measurement methods and technologies can change a soft science into a hard one (e.g. medical science over the last few hundred years).
Unlike speculations masquerading as science and based on persuasion rather than proof, exact science attempts to formulate true statements about the environment, without philosophical or intuitive bias.<ref>{{cite book
|author=Randal Hedtke
|title=Secrets of the Sixth Edition
|publisher=Master Books
|place=Portland, Oregon
|year=2010
|pages=79
|isbn=978-0-89051-597-6
|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gvyHquVubDoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Hedtke+The+secrets+of+the+sixth+edition&source=bl&ots=VQBk7unu95&sig=3-pYZsIj2vzBHgcIbYEpexlVc9s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FsOGUO2kCIKJ4gS-tYCoBg&redir_esc=y}}</ref>
Sciences which aim to fulfill the ideal of an exact science and assume [[Naturalism]] are [[mathematics]], natural sciences ([[physics]], [[astronomy]], [[chemistry]], [[biology]]), Geosciences ([[geology]], [[meteorology]] etc...) and engineering science. Sciences which aim to use exact scientific methods without requiring [[Naturalism]] exist, for example [[creation science]] and [[baraminology]].
Sciences which aim to fulfill the ideal of an exact science and assume [[Naturalism]] are [[mathematics]], natural sciences ([[physics]], [[astronomy]], [[chemistry]], [[biology]]), Geosciences ([[geology]], [[meteorology]] etc...) and engineering science. Sciences which aim to use exact scientific methods without requiring [[Naturalism]] exist, for example [[creation science]] and [[baraminology]].