Science as a belief system

Question 1

What is the impact of Science ?

Answer 1

Global Warming
Pollution
Weapons of mass destruction

Question 2

What does Karl Popper put forward ?

Answer 2

The principle of falsification, that says a belief system should be subject to challanges

Question 3

What are the CUDOS norms

Answer 3

Communism
Universalism
Disinterestedness
Organised Scepticism

Question 4

What is meant by closed belif systems ?

Answer 4

The idea that religion claims absolute truth and cannot be challenged

Question 5

What does Horton (1973) say ?

Answer 5

That science is an open belief system but religion is closed

Question 6

What does Polanyi (1958)​ say ?

Answer 6

All belief systems have 3 devices that sustain them in the face of contradictory evidence:

Circulatory
Subsidiary explanation’s
Denial of Legitimacy to rivals

Question 7

What does Khun say about science as a closed belief system ?

Answer 7

Science sets out shared assumptions based on periods of time ​

Question 8

What does Woolgar’s ‘Little green men’ study find ?

Answer 8

Scientists are reluctant to publish evidence which contradicts existing knowledge