science is a closed system Flashcards

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the velikovsky affair

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  • people blocked his ideas and rejected his theory in which he challenged the paradigm
  • it contradicted their beliefs
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paradigms (kuhn)

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  • scientific developments are not gradual but are upheavals
  • theories are never questioned
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interpretivism (woolgar)

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  • all scientific knowledge is socially constructed
  • people change their theories to fit the scientific community
  • cambridge students, discovered objects in the sky emitting radio waves, at first believed to be aliens
  • changed their theory to fit scientific explanations
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conflict theories

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  • marxism argues science is controlled by the powerful and is an ideology
  • serves the interest of dominant group in society
  • therefore science is driven by capitalism
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