We can view science through a social constructionist lens, particularly during the start of the 1900s. Looking back, we can see how the social climate influences science. With the 1900s came the start of many movements and changes in the US. Because of this, the science of the day focuses on preserving the social hierarchy, to the benefit of the white heteropatriarchy. Evolutionary theory was used to “prove” the inferiority of African Americans, women, and non-heterosexuals.…
Science as a way of knowing provides for objective means to build a body of knowledge…
Science is a fact. We see and use it everyday. We tend to not give our mothers enough credit, but when they cook you your dinner that you digest the food gets broken down by acids and then either stored or made into energy. Even when your pen touches a piece of paper and leaves it residue you are partaking in science. We tend to not consider our daily routines as such a frequently talked about phenomenon, but its true.…
Many people believe that only science, or religion, is needed, and that the two should be completely separate. Some people believe that religion is needed as it gives them a faith, and they believe that they have seen religious beings, helping them in life. Many scientists disregard these thoughts as there is no physical evidence to be shown, whereas scientific ideas have been tested many times, proven with knowledge and experimentation. Although some religious ideas have been proved false using science, very few have, and it is almost impossible to prove that there isn't a 'God' or some sort of being guiding us in everyday life.…
Scientific knowledge, I believe is crucial if we are to improve the quality of human life and…
There cannot be good without evil. This is one of the most important lessons that I have learned growing up and I will keep this close by me as I get even older. Conflict between two ideals is a great place to find meaning and lenses for us to view our world. I had this conflict with myself starting at a young age. This conflict came about when I started thinking about what I wanted to do with my life.…
Wow. How did we get here from the Garden of Eden to the Garden of Science? What makes the world to become such a science oriented society? What drives human beings to seek scientific knowledge of the world? Since I am a Christian who confidently believes in God’s creation of the world according to the Bible. I believe that it is a natural characteristic of the human being to seek more knowledge. The desire for more knowledge actually evolved into creating the technologies that became part of our…
Science has helped mankind “correct our seriously flawed cognition and give us an unfiltered view of reality” (Hill). The particular science that studies “society and human behavior” is sociology (Henslin, 6). Sociology should be used to better understand why people react to a particular subject. Using just common sense to back up something scientifically is completely absurd. To conduct research on a particular subject, one should use the research method which is a seven step procedure that “sociologists use to collect data” (Henslin, 21). This shows how in depth science gets compared to common sense. "Unlike common sense, science systematically and empirically tests theories and hypothesis," This shows that "common sense has no structure to it, is explicitly subjective, and is subject to all manner of cognitive biases” (Hill).…
So what is contained in the word science? There are two types of science, Natural Science and Human Science. Natural Science seeks a deep understanding of nature and aims to discover how things work. Human Science seeks explanation, order and underlying patterns in aspects of human behaviour and aims to find out how things work in order to make them work better. Both sciences use the scientific method in their research. Results in Natural Science involve a positive statement, which is a statement of fact. Results in Human Science involve a normative statement, a value judgement that often comes from ethics, as well as a positive statement. It is reasonable to assume that people who assert that 'science is the supreme form of all knowledge ' arc referring to Natural Science…
According to the theory of scientism, “Science is the only way we can make sense of reality and discover the truth”. This statement demonstrates that as science has unreasonable power and influence on humans, we don’t need to doubt the absoluteness and certainty of it. Even one prominent philosopher Rudolf Carnap commented that science is capable of finding all the answers to all the questions. The reason that such statements and views exist is because without suspicion the natural science accomplished the most remarkable successes. Furthermore, it’s been in charge of the significant development of knowledge throughout the history and until now. For example, several scientists discovered the mysteries of our body such as how digestion occurs, how blood flows in the heart and functions and structures of organs by dissecting the real human bodies and analyzing through information obtained from equipments. As it is already proved by several methods and works in practical world such as medical science, we admit the natural science as truth and there is no place for doubt to stand. If we start to doubt all these knowledge, it will not conduce to…
Is life fact or fiction? One could look at science and society in the same manner. Meaning that there is an ideal subject, one subject could be the truth and one could be deception. Science, in my opinion, is the truth. For example, science is based on facts and numbers and figures, these never deter from the truth if correctly applied in their own fields of study. The term for society states that it is a group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned ways that distinguish their group from other groups. Society can take a number of shapes and forms and it is never the same in any place in the world, politics and economy differ yet society is unified as a whole in the larger spectrum. Lewis Thomas (“Alchemy”), George Orwell (“What Is Science?”), Carl Sagan (“Why We Need to Understand Science”), and Lawrence Krauss (“School Boards Want to ‘Teach to the Controversy.’ What Controversy?” have different points of views in each of their understandings of science and society, yet one thing that sticks out in their essays as a related is that society in some way, shape, or form should be informed and open to more knowledge of the sciences.…
There have always been debates on whether human science is considered scientific, especially when it is compared to natural sciences. In order to answer this question, I should first define the terms – science, natural science and human science. I define science as a systematic enterprise that organizes knowledge in testable explanations and predictions that proves that a certain thing is true about the universe. Natural science can be defined as organized knowledge that are measured by quantitative data towards the natural world using scientific methods. Human science can be defined as the study of the society and the relationships between individuals. It is the study of a human being’s knowledge and its interrelationships with other species, studying human phenomenon.…
I feel that you have to be able to prove things scientifically with a hypothesis and an experiment, but it isn't just science that is coming up with these ideas, it is also religion. Religion was the basis of many cultures centuries ago and still is today. It has evolved into a lifestyle and a guide though in more present times. We allow our moral values taken from what we have learned from our religion and applied them to life outside of religion. So I agree with what was said in this…
Reading “Thoughts About Science” intrigued my research towards what science really is. Whether or not someone may believe that the earth started out with a great boom, the amount of research we have today about why we can survive living on this planet explains other theories. The scientific method shows how we can take thoughts and turn them into facts with a reasonable way of doing so. I think the scientific method is great to use as humans because it involves tons of research and not just a thought we claim is true. Questioning our mind and putting it into actions such as testing if the thought may be true or not shows we can explain our reason here on earth. Although there are many other contradictions, such as religious and cultural beliefs, I think as humans we have to accept scientific facts in our lives because it makes up our development of humankind. Without science, we could be living in a world where all humans die because we don’t know how to survive in terms of what to do if we get a fever, what to do to nourish our bodies and so forth. Science, in my opinion, is all about testing hypothesis so that we can better ourselves. Some scientists may go back to a hypothesis or theory that was proven a long time ago, yet touch back on it to see if we can improve a certain formula / truth. I think science helps our environment because the environment has so many factors that we need in order to survive (animals, plants, heat, etc). Knowing that we need these through the help of science will better ourselves even if we go through negative times where a thought may not be able to be proven.…
People should have time for science; science will be learned better still. As the natural system suits best with science, which is the study of nature.…