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
2
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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