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by Briar Shaw
We tend to assume that science is different to ideology, that it is more real or valid, because it deals in physical evidence. However, when we look at the history of philosoph...read more
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Every decision we make as scientists are influenced by our ideologies. In every step of the research process, we are faced with choices. Despite our theories being well-grounded...read more
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by Kai
It seems that in order to determine if ideology can be separated from idology you have to define ideology. My favorite definition comes from Terry Eagleton in his first chapter...read more
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Science is done by human beings rather than machines so ideas and ideology tend to affect the subjective epistemology of scientists. Computer programs perform just the iteration...read more
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Not only is science inseparable from ideology, but they idea that it can be separate is itself ideological. Let me explain, point by point. 1. When people say that science is...read more
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The real question here is, can we separate ourselves from what we observe, and the answer is ultimately no. Quantum physics states that the act of observation affects the path o...read more
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Of course lots of people think that science is completely separate from all other things in life, as it's all about facts and nothing more. But this just isn't true. For there a...read more
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Separating science from ideology is one of the great myth of our times. Scientists butt against this myth all the the time. There is the old boys club and the subversives with...read more
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I soon had to listen a lecture on the diplomacy in science. In physics to be precise. I came out of it extremely worried. To answer simply on the debate- No. To answer in len...read more
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by Jack Josephy
This is a lengthy article. I got rather into it because I'm a student of philosophy of science. I have put it into sections and provided a contents page to make it easier for t...read more
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by Steve Franks
If the question really is 'should we separate science from ideology?', then the answer is an emphatic yes. As phrased the question really means 'are people separating considera...read more
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In this journalist's opinion if you have no ideology, you have no inspiration to science. If it were not for ideology no one would question, or suggest. Ideology is the founda...read more
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by Skidegate
Ideology is a concept that is based on beliefs held about the nature of Human ecology. Beliefs are formed out of the subjective ideas that Humans develop in response to Reality....read more
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by Rob Streeper
As a practicing scientist (>20y) I can say emphatically that science will never be free of ideological influences. In the present the primary driver of science is money. If t...read more
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by AMERICAN MAN
Are we on the same page? Were talking science but of what 'faith'? My article here is definitive of the corrupt influence men of the past have infected our 21st century understa...read more
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by Justin Cynor
This is a question that I have never thought of asking before I answered it for myself. For years i have been struggling to free myself from the control of my own emotions. A ...read more
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how can science define us If it is we, defining science By definition premonition Not a science Decide the scientists Limitations caused by Our brains restraints Lack ...read more
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The more I hear scientists defending science the more it starts to sound like a religion.That is the position I have been moved into by the weight of scientific opinion. If scie...read more
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If we are to be honest with ourselves, we have to admit that science and ideology have been intertwined since homo became sapiens sapiens. Historically scientific and technolo...read more
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by Keith Foote
Yes, on occasion. There are individuals within the scientific community who can achieve a state of mental clarity, allowing them to drop their egos and basic assumptions. The...read more
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by Aubrey Chen
Pure science and pure ideology are two very separate, yet overlapping, entities. Neither one exists in the world - scientific research is always tinged by the personal biases or...read more
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by Doc Meson
Yes, we can seperate science from ideology. An ideology is a collection of ideas. From this definition, using it strictly, Science is not a ideology. Instead, Science is ...read more
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When I finished my graduate studies at the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts, I was given by the department the book of essays by Dr. victor Weisskopf "The Privil...read more
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Science, an activity based on the application of the scientific method, which is founded in Logic, will be free - in principle - from ideological constraints. Hypotheses, i...read more
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by Minh Tran
Can Science be separated from Ideology? This topic reminds me of the opening lecture of my scientific methodology course. The professor posed this very question to us and we had...read more
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by John Evans
To say that "ideology is to science as astrology is to astronomy" would be far too kind. Indeed, the distinctions between ideology and science are so profound that they could h...read more
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by Craig Lawrie
We can absolutely separate science from ideology. The matter becomes much simpler once I tear down the stumbling block that confuses the issue: science' is not by any means hom...read more
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Einstein's Absolute Theory Ideology is only string theory until such time as it pr oven to include every part which is absolute, science is the study of an idea, and only wh...read more
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by Jeremy ball
science- from observation, dealing with a body of facts. (Webster's),partial, ideology-a body of doctrine, guides an individual. (Webster's),partial.-establ ished society has coi...read more
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by Gil Myles
In formulating ones opinion on the separation of scientific knowledge in contrast too ones knowledge in ideology are examined and elaborated extensively among all debaters. Thi...read more
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by Allan Smith
Ideology should be separated from everything. Science and the belief of an intelligent source from which the universe and life came from are inseparable. But what was the source...read more
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Science can be the noblest intellectual activity performed by humans because its goals are to study nature with the instruments of practical observation, measure and interpretat...read more
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by Tom Sutcliff
Yes, we must separate ideology from science otherwise we've compromised our scientific endeavors. Evolution is a perfect example of the dangers of mixing ideology and science. I...read more
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I BELIEVE What you believe can hurt you. It can make everyone who deals with you miserable, and it can change drastically the way you interact with the world. "That's a good ...read more
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How does nuclear fission happen if you are a Communist? How does it happen if you are a Capitalist? Unless someone can show me damn good evidence that this process, or any o...read more
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by Annah Maus
Yes, yes, yes, absolutely yes. While the practice of science may become mottled and intertwined with ideology, all that means is that we have deviated from it. Science, true sci...read more
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by Alan Jones
Absolutely we can. Science, by definition, is the seeking, discovery, and reporting of fact. Fact, not belief, or wish, or 'should-be'. Although it is true that, over the cou...read more
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by MM
Who on earth devised the theme about separating ideology from science, for goodness sake? How on earth can the two be joined in the first place? Ideology may be defined as an...read more
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