week 5 Flashcards
What is irrelevant, context of justification or context of discovery
The context of discovery is irrelevant.
What is a paradigm in science?
A set of beliefs, values, techniques etc shareb by the member of a given scientific community.
What makes a theory scientific according to Karl Popper?
Its must be able to be falsified.
Imre Lakatos said not everything can be falsefied.
Core of a theory or research plan cant be falsified. The protective belt can be falsified.
How does science change?
Increase in anomalies, the paradigms tart to adjust. the normal science gets in to crisis. And it changes by accepting an alternative paradigm.
What is a revolution in science?
A redical break with the previous ways of doing research. A paradigm shift. New rules must be invented.
How does a new community emerge in science?
The old generation dies, a new generations grows up that is familiar with it.
can you compare paradigms?
No, there incommensurable. New problems and idea of science. Reworking of the language and tools of the previous paradigm. they see the world different.
What is SSK?
It is the sociology of scientific. Its called the strong programme because it claims to apply to all science.
What are the 4 principles of the strong program?
causality (why do scientists hold particular beliefs?)
impartiality (between true and false beliefs)
symmetry (the same type of cause describes true and false beliefs)
reflexivity (ssk itself should be explained in the same way)
What are the 4 values of SSK?
In universalism, scientific claims should be evaluated independently of who advances them, with no discrimination.
Organized skepticism (critical testing of ideas)
Disinterestedness of scientist
Communism (discoveries belong to all)
Is research a social and collective product?
Yes, by, in and for collectives.
Does social context matter?
yes, for the form, spread, perception and the research content.
Were there any revolutions in economics?
yes from production to exchange.
were there any anomalies?
yes, the great depression of 1929. Markets do not equilibrate automatically, as neoclassical economics would expect.
