Science V Religion

Question 1

Science

Answer 1

• open belief system
• subject to falsification
  Independent to the state

Question 2

Religion

Answer 2

• closed belief system
• accepted on blind faith
• often closely linked to the state

Question 3

However … Kuhn

Answer 3

Science operates within a paradigm meaning that there is a set of assumptions that they have to fit into. When scientists propose new theories there isn’t acceptance until there is a sufficient evidence for a paradigm shift ( closed belief system)

Question 4

Michael e lynch

Answer 4

Science is far less objective, anomalies

Question 5

Postmodernists

Answer 5

Is religion a closed belief system when people no longer believe in metanarratives