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Beliefs - Ideology & Science - 5.7 Flashcards

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Impact of Science on Religion

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> Huge impact, undermined religion and led to widespread faith in science

> Key feature is cognitive power, allows us to explain, predict & control world

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Criticisms of Impact of Science on Religion

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Science causes issues, as well as solving them e.g. manufactured risks e.g. pollution, global warming etc.

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Popper (Science as Open Belief System)

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> Open to challenge, based on falsification, not absolutism

> If theories proven wrong discarded & better one is found so knowledge increased

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Merton’s CUDOS Norms

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> Communism
Universalism
Disinterestedness
Organised Scepticism

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Communism - CUDOS Norms

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Scientific knowledge shared, not private, allows for growth of knowledge

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Universalism - CUDOS Norms

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All scientists are equal - work should be challenged not scientists themselves e.g. use of universal objective criteria

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Disinterestedness - CUDOS Norms

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Science is committed to truth, have to publish findings, makes fraud harder others check claims

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Organised Scepticism - CUDOS Norms

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No claim is sacred, all open to challenge, critique & objective investigation

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Polanyi - Criticisms of Science as Open Belief System

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All belief systems reject fundamental challenges to knowledge claims, science isn’t different

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Horton - Religion as Closed Belief System

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> Claims absolute truth about world with get out clauses stops disproval

> Conservative beliefs & fixed, means knowledge claims can’t be disproven

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Pritchard & Azande as Closed Belief System

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> Don’t believe in coincidences, see witchcraft as misfortune & proof from potion given to chickens

> Irrational to an outsider but indoctrinated in tribe

> No one questions it, & not disprovable even with evidence.

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Polanyi – Self Sustaining Beliefs (3 Main Features of Closed Belief Systems for protection from challenge)

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> Denial of Legitimacy
Subsidiary Explanations
Circularity

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Denial of Legitimacy - 3 Main Features of Closed Belief Systemv for protection from challenge

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Full rejection of rival claims to convince followers only they hold truth.

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Subsidiary Explanations - 3 Main Features of Closed Belief System for protection from challenge

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Get out clauses deflect argument or counter criticisms

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Circularity - 3 Main Features of CBS for protection from challenge

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Each idea in system explained with another idea in system etc.

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Science as Closed Belief System (Kuhn)

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> Based on pardiagms (shared beliefs) methods, equipment etc

> Socialises new scientists into the paradigm with scientific education

> Scientists stay within it, people challenging it are ridiculed

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Interpretivism (Sociology of Scientific Knowledge)

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> Scientific Knowledge is socially constructed not objective, a product of the resources available to the group creating it.

> Facts are the result of shared theories showing what they expect to see

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Cetina (Sociology of Scientific Knowledge)

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> New instruments e.g. telescopes allows for new observations & fabrication of facts

> Studies in lab highly constructed & detached from natural word- apparently being studied

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Woolgar (Little Green Men)

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> Scientists engaged in the process of understanding world, like us,

> Scientific facts are socially constructed scientists try to persuade colleagues to share them

> e.g. discovery of Little Green Men would’ve been unacceptable to scientific community so decide it’s an unknown type of star.

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Marxist & Feminist views on Science

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> Lies - serving interests of powerful - scientific advances are driven by capitalism.

> e.g. development of theory of ballistics due to need for manufacturing & selling new weaponry.

> Biological ideas used to justify male domination

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Lyotard (Postmodern views on Science)

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> Another meta-narrative falsely claiming truth on worlds functioning for progression to better society

> Scientific thinking used to dominate people

> Technology/ science serves capitalist interests creating commodities for profit.

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Marxism & Ideology

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> Tool of ruling class to keep power/reproduce inequality

> Working class must achieve class consciousness & reality of exploitation

> But ruling class control production & ideas justify status quo, legitimates capitalism so stops working class developing class consciousness

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General Criticisms of Marxism & Ideology

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Not ideology stopping overthrow of capitalism, but economic factors e.g. fear of unemployment

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Gramsci (Hegemony)

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> Working class can create ideas to challenge hegemony, they’ve got dual consciousness aware of exploitation & ideology

> So can develop class consciousness overthrowing capitalism.

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Mannheim - General View on Ideology

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> All world views product of intellectuals unable to relate to everyday

> Ideas reflect personal interests

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Mannheim’s 2 Belief Systems

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> Ideological
Utopian

> Utopian

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Ideological - Mannheim’s 2 Belief Systems

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> Justifies position of ruling class & tradition, stopping change

> As those controlling ideology benefit from status quo

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Utopian - Mannheim’s 2 Belief Systems

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> Wants social change, reflects position of working class

> Offers vision of alternative organisation of society

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Mannheim’s - Implications of Ideological & Utopian Belief Systems

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> Need for detachment from them creating objective world view

> Universal & represents whole society, made by free-floating intelligentsia

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Feminism & Ideology

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> Ideology promotes patriarchy for generations & legitimates gender inequality

> Religious beliefs see women as inferior e.g. periods mean they are excluded from rituals

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Criticisms of Feminism & Ideology

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> Not all religions subordinate women e.g. goddesses before monotheistic patriarchal religion

> Matriarchal religion with female deities were common

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Ideology of Nationalism

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> Nations, real communities with unique characteristics

> But only imagined community
can bind people together & create social solidarity

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Functionalism - Ideology of Nationalism

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> e.g. Bellah - Civil Religion

> In modernity people unwilling to be part of religion, but will be part of a nation.

> Increased different faiths in modernity so religion means we are divided which leads to nationalism - which then leads to greater social solidarity

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Functionalism - Education & Nationalism

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Education creates social solidarity with collective rituals and symbols e.g. flag, learning nations history

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Marxism - Ideology of Nationalism

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> Nationalism is false consciousness, spreads belief among the working class so they have more in common with capitalists in their own country rather than those internationally

> Enables ruling class to persuade working class to fight wars on their behalf

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Gellner (Nationalism)

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> Industrialisation means increased scale, impersonal societies with complex division of labour

> Education imposes national culture on all and
makes communication & economic cooperation with people possible

> Upper class use it to motivate people to deal with industrial changes, allows modernisation of state

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Definitions of Religion

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> Substantive
Functional
Constructionist (Interpretivist)

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Substantive definition of religion

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> Looks at key features, shared by major religions, exclusive in nature

> As belief systems can only be religions with particular features e.g. belief in a god.

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Criticisms of Substantive Definitions of Religion

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> Ethnocentric only looks at western religions

> Excludes belief systems with similar functions to religion, but without a supernatural god e.g. Buddhism

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Functional definition of Religion

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Looks at religions functions for society e.g. brings comfort or reinforces inequalities.

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Criticisms of Functional Definition of Religion

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> Too inclusive any belief system seen as religion if does have the functions.

> e.g. supporting footy team has these functions but don’t make it a religion

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Constructionist (Interpretivist)

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> Focus on definition of religion as constructed & disputed, so definition of religion based on who’s got power

> e.g. members of scientology see it as a religion, but with many disagreeing

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Criticisms of Constructionist Definition of Religion

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Can’t generalise on nature of religion as people have different views

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