Science and Ideology Revision - A2 Sociology, Beliefs in Society

Latifah Davis-Cole




IDEOLOGY AND SCIENCE

The impact of science

Has had an enormous impact on society over the last few centuries.
Success had led to a widespread `faith in science'
Science causes problems as well as solves them, for example, pollution/global warming

Open belief systems

Popper: Science is an `open'…

Latifah Davis-Cole




Denial of legitimacy to rivals: Beliefs systems reject alternative worldviews.

Science as a closed system

Polyani: argues that all belief systems reject challenges to their knowledge-claims ­ science is no
different
Kuhn: argues biology or physics is based on a set of shared assumptions that he calls a…

Latifah Davis-Cole




It is therefore possible for the w.class to develop class consciousness and overthrow capitalism
Abercrombie: argues that is economic factors such as the fear of unemployment that keeps
workers from rebelling

Karl Mannheim: Ideology and Utopia

o Sees ALL belief system as partial or a one-sided worldview.
o…