Social sciences

potentially dangerous pursuit of science. The calamities of the novel unfold because of Victor Frankenstein’s irresponsible and unchecked subversion of the laws of nature; Victor, through his scientific achievements, gives rise to a species that he is ill-equipped to take care of and monitor. However, Shelley’s novel is not meant to be a critique of science as a field of study, but rather a critique of the methods with which her protagonist chose to study science. Victor’s greatest vice is not…

Understanding the relationship between the building and the individual. Live members of the community within the social conditions influenced in their personal behavior and determine their own destiny and to understand the relationship between social conditions and how it affects the individual's private life suggested Wright Mills sociological imagination to understand the relationship between social construction and the individual who lives in this building and affected by it. Worker who has…

outlined by Reisch (1998) to identify the boundary between science and pseudoscience (as cited in Schick, 2000). First, he introduced the “ simple demarcation” criteria, which adapted the logical positivism view and its empirical methodology in recognizing the scientific knowledge. Then, he introduced the second concept, which is “ network demarcation” as the methodology to find the interconnections among the acceptable different field of sciences. If the theory lacks the evidential support or…

In the article “Science and Human Values,” Joseph Rotblat advocates that scientists should be extremely concerned with the ethical consequences of their work. He maintains the belief that while the purpose of science is to expand human knowledge, it is critical that the general public understands that scientific research has much to do with the welfare of individuals and state politics. However, an analysis of this article will reveal that the ethical responsibility that scientists have should…

during an era of ideological conflict. During the nineteenth century religion heavily influenced every social class, but science was advancing at rapid pace challenging the traditional institutions of society. Many began to question and challenge the methods of the old institutions, such as religion or the old sciences. This provoked anxiety among many, due to the exponential growth of the sciences. Such fear is seen within the scientist characters in the novel. The scientists in the novels are…

In Dr. Michael Shermer's most recent book, The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom, he proposes that we are living in the best time of our species' history. Shermer contends that the ascent of exchange and ascent of proficiency through the Industrial Revolution's requirement for profoundly taught learning laborers, has made an "ethical Flynn impact" and prompted to societies with lower rates of vicious wrongdoing. Shermer contends that the ascent of…

What does science mean to you? To me, science is everything. Not only is it the normal biology or psychology, it is everything that surrounds us, or is in us, even the things we ourselves do not know about. The Webster definition is “a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws” which for me that definition encompasses everything we know and learn every day. You can look around and find things that are there; a pencil, a wall, a tree. You can find things that you don’t even…

How will these schools prove that teaching religion will what increase the level of intelligence in student and the success rate? Eventually the state will realize there will be a decreasing in the number of student going to college for science, that could hurt Science based universities that are state funded. Since universities contribute to the job growth and economy and this steadily decrease; religion will start to become less and less…

The “strengths” inventory also brought to my attention a detail about my personality that I was oblivious to. One of my top strengths is “significance”, meaning that I want to appear important in the eyes of others. Now that I am aware of it, I can definitely see how it can be true. I do not necessarily want to showcase my significance to the world, rather, I derive pleasure in knowing that people recognize my potential intellectual capacity. This is a good thing because it motivates me to…

Renaissance shaped the western societies’ doctrinal passivity entirely. In the early modern period, there was a fundamental change to the understanding of scientific knowledge, which helped in the process of transforming natural philosophy and alchemy to science. The author Hugh Kearney discusses this important transition period of so called “The Scientific Revolution” throughout…