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That is a normative and outdated view of science proposed by logical positivists, it tells you how science is ought to be not how it is. A cursory look at histo
by the-mitr 3y ago
That is a normative and outdated view of science proposed by logical positivists, it tells you how science is ought to be not how it is. A cursory look at history of science will tell you this is not so. Scientists bring their own biases and opinions and colour the data as they seem fit. Other major point is data is not value neutral it is theory laden.
- 7952 3y agoSure, but what is the alternative?
- the-mitr 3y agoThat science is a process of getting towards tentative truth via observations. That there is no single method of science, but there are several pathways by which scientific knowledge can be obtained. You can read Thomas Kuhn (structure of scientific revolutions), Imre Lakatos (Proofs and Refutations) for this perspective. Kuhn brought in the historical perspective which was missing earlier to study of philosophy of science. Also, you can look at books by Stephen Toulmin and June Goodfield which detail a historical perspetive of development of scientific ideas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Re... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_and_Refutations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_and_Refutations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Toulmin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Toulmin