Science- beliefs in society
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- Created on: 03-06-19 09:34
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- Beliefs in society- science
- Summary
- Emerged in Enlightenment period
- Undermined Religion- such as Darwin's theory of evolution
- Empirical evidence used
- Objective + value-free
- identifies issues and resolves them (such as Durkheim's Suicide study)
- No belief in supernatural
- Poppers hypothetico-deductive method
- 1) Hypothesis formulation- statement scientist is trying to prove
- 2) falsification- needs to be proven false to be objective
- 3) Prediction- the cause-and-effect relationship should it occur again
- 4) Theory Formulation- Test hypothesis (if it cant be falsified) it's likely to be true
- 5) Scrutiny- comes under strutiny + is true until new evidence comes against it
- Kuhn
- Science is a social construct
- Groups of scientists create theories which fit the paradigm they work under until vast amounts of evidence disproves it
- Science therefore isn't value-free
- Thus they overlook evidence which doesn't fit in the paradigm
- Evaluation
- hasn't resolved every problem + has created many (such as global warming)
- Marxists and feminists argue it helps Capitalism and patriarchy as it is mainly concerned w/ profit instead of (potentially) the safety- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- People use alternative medicnes suich as natural remedies as they dont trust science
- Lyng- Postmod. Rejects meta-narratives as they don't have monopoly of truth
- Giddens- people no longer trust science as it no long brings full certainty
- Summary
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