ideology and science Flashcards
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what is the difference between a belief and a belief system
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- belief – ideas about things we hold to be true. there is a wide range of beliefs in society
- belief system – any integrated set of ideas, which influence the way people see the world. they can take many forms but the most important are religious political and scientific
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what is an ideology
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- a one sided world view that legitimates a groups interests and or creates a false consciousness
- provides a particular vision or way of seeing the world
- presents only a partial, incomplete or false view of reality
- expressed and justifies the interests of a particular social or political group
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how do marxists view religion
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- marxists see institutions such as religion and education producing ruling class ideology and maintaining capitalist hegemony
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what does mannheim believe
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- associates the dominate ideology with deliberately obscuring the inequalities of capitalist society and to prevent any social change
- the ruling class ideology
- distorts reality
- produces false class consciousness
- justifies inequalities
- supports the position of the ruling class
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how do feminists see ideology
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- feminists see patriarchal ideology in science and religion as legitimating gender inequalities
- marks – describes how ideas from science have been used to exclude women from education
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what is pluralist ideology
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- suggests that there are different types of social groups with their own ideology which live alongside eachother
- these groups will gave their own way of interpreting and understanding the social world
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what is political ideology
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- an ideology that provides an analysis and interpretation of how society should work and suggests how power should be used by governments to influence events and change society through policy making and political action
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how is an ideology different to a belief system
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- a belief system is a framework of ideas an individual uses to make sense of if the world, an umbrella term for any organised set of beliefs
- an ideology is a type of belief system
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what are the three main aspects of religion
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- belief in the spiritual and supernatural
- faith on part of the believers
- a body of unchanging truth
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how is an ideology different to a religion
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- both offer a way of understanding the world
- but religion isnt tied to the interests of a social group
- ideologies dont have supernatural/sacred aspects
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how is an ideology similar to a religion
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- legitimises social inequality
- disguises the true nature of exploitation
- keeps the working class passive
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what is robertsons definition of religion
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- religion is a belief in worship of supernatural beings which have a governing effect on human behaviour
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why is science unique as a belief system
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- science provides medicine
- science provides transport
- science provides communication
- science and the technological advancements that it has created effects many aspects of day to day living
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what did lomas say
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- highlights how todays society has absolute trust in science
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what are karl poppers 5 things that the scientific method involve
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- hypothesis formation
- falsification
- prediction
- theory formation
- scrutiny
