RE: Banned TED Talk: The Science Delusion - Rupert Sheldrake
June 16, 2018 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2018 at 10:44 am by Angrboda.)
(June 16, 2018 at 9:56 am)Jehanne Wrote:(June 16, 2018 at 9:26 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I had hoped for other things for this thread. Perhaps a discussion of the role of dogma in science ala Thomas Kuhn's scientific revolutions. I take it from some quarters, Kuhn's central thesis is regarded as at best an inaccurate simplification, but I think the question of whether there is such a thing as scientific dogma and what that means may be an interesting one, even if Sheldrake himself is out to lunch.
Most scientists prefer Popper to Kuhn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarcatio...ifiability
I find the section on Feyerabend an interesting stepping stone, for, for example, considering the relationship between language and logic, science and philosophy, and paradoxes in general, perhaps even including the demarcation problem itself. Tarski attempted to avoid the traps of the liar's paradox on the one hand, and deflationary accounts of truth on the other by restricting the expressiveness of language (T-schema). Unfortunately, it seems that the way out of such paradoxes is always meta, always an appeal to things "outside the system."
Quote:Feyerabend and Lakatos
Kuhn's work largely called into question Popper's demarcation, and emphasized the human, subjective quality of scientific change. Paul Feyerabend was concerned that the very question of demarcation was insidious: science itself had no need of a demarcation criterion, but instead some philosophers were seeking to justify a special position of authority from which science could dominate public discourse. Feyerabend argued that science does not in fact occupy a special place in terms of either its logic or method, and no claim to special authority made by scientists can be upheld. He argued that, within the history of scientific practice, no rule or method can be found that has not been violated or circumvented at some point in order to advance scientific knowledge. Both Lakatos and Feyerabend suggest that science is not an autonomous form of reasoning, but is inseparable from the larger body of human thought and inquiry.
Wikipedia || Demarcation problem
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