Great Course Science Wars What Scientists Know and How They Know It

mind-and-cognition

• Kuhn argued that history compelled a reassessment of science as converging on a uniquely correct account of reality; logic and data were inadequate to require abandoning prevailing theory.

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• I experience my body in ways biologists say have nothing to do with what is 'really' going on; must theories 'working' mean they correspond to realities beyond experience?

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• Experimental reports are intrinsically fallible, dependent on theories of instruments and interpretations; at every stage judgments cannot be derived from data or logic alone.

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faith-and-doubt

• Behe argues intelligent design must be considered true because Darwinian evolution cannot explain complex biochemical systems characteristic of life forms.

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• By 1700 modern science was maturing; the Newtonian achievement was held up as justification for proclaiming an Age of Reason within Christian Western culture.

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obedience-and-authority

• Marx argued intellectual activity is inevitably affected by social relationships; minds no less than people are social entities, not neutral private activities.

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