Science as a Belief System

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1. What evidence do Marxists use to argue scientific knowledge serves the interests of capitalism?

  • Theoretical work on ballistics was driven by the need to develop new weaponry
  • Biological ideas have been used to justify male domination
  • The idea that capitalists own and control all institutions and what they put out
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2. Who argued that science can only thrive if it receives support from other institutions?

  • Merton
  • Horton
  • Polanyi

3. What are the CUDOS norms?

  • Capitalism, Universalism, Devices and Organisational Separatism
  • Communism, Universalism, Disinterestedness, and Organised Scepticism
  • Communication, Unity, Divinity, and Original Scripture

4. What does Popper claim science to be?

  • An open belief system
  • A closed belief system
  • A religion

5. Who distinguished between open and closed beliefs systems?

  • Horton
  • Merton
  • Popper
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