science as an ideology

Question 1

Popper (1959) - science as an open belief system

Answer 1

science has gained popularity becasue it is built on falisfication

Question 2

falsification

Answer 2

allscientists attempt to challange previous theories and knowledeg

Question 3

Kuhn(1970) science as a closed belief system

Answer 3

scientists work based on preexisting frameworks which dont encourage creative freedom. those who question science are often ridiculed. science is similar to other ideologies in the way it denounces any challagne to its core principles

Question 4

paradigm - kuhn

Answer 4

• how the dicipline is defined and understood by those who operate in it and by others
• how research is conducted

Question 5

Merton (1942) - CUDOS norms

Answer 5

Communication
Universalism
Disintrestedness
Organised
Skeptism

Question 6

Communication

Answer 6

scientific knowledge is not kept private

Question 7

Universalism

Answer 7

all scientists are equal - ensures their ideas are challanged not social characteristics

Question 8

Disintrestedness

Answer 8

commitment to the truth and publish findings honestly

Question 9

Organised Skeptism

Answer 9

scrutiny is encouraged and all science should be challanged