Social sciences

Is It Interesting, Interesting Enough? To use Murray Davis' own premise, I will deny his assumption of what makes a theory interesting. Undoubtedly, his major point throughout the essay is that denying an old theory is a stepping stone for a new theory to becoming interesting. In other words, the concept of interesting correlates with refuting a previous theory: behaviorism was a response to psychoanalysis; cognitive a response to behaviorism; Marxism a response to industrialization. In these…

studying religion in terms of science, something that was almost unheard of in their time. Coining the term himself, E.B. Tylor introduced ethnological studies as a method of describing, comparing and scientifically analyzing the characteristics of different societies and cultures. Applying this method to his examination of religion, Tylor wished to address the subject as objectively as he could to provide answers that were as definite as laws of nature being discovered by science. Some years…

Rhetorical Analysis: The Danger of Science Denial It is important to appreciate the current nature and status of the world because there are individuals who laid the appropriate foundation for it. As Michael Specter’s TED Talk on The Danger of Science Denial, he outlined the challenges that might emanate from science denial. There are reasons that ought to be checked critically since they affect the current and future generation and they include health, wealth, mobility, opportunity and…

the dominant sciences, a key strength to the relativist argument is its ability to consider subjugated knowledges. According to the standard view of knowledge, different ways of knowing are part of a continuous and unitary epistemological tradition. However, instead of being equally considered knowledge is hierarchically structured so that one type of knowledge system becomes dominant leading to what Kuzmic (2014) calls ‘epistemological hegemony’ (p. 79). For a long time Western sciences were…

necessary. Science has evolved exponentially throughout the years. We achieve more and more over the years. In the laboratories many scientist choose to test their new solutions on innocent animals. Their harsh treatment towards these animals has taken science to the next level. Although we achieve a lot, we also fail a lot. These animals are the ones who have to deal with the failure and suffer. This subject is important when considering science because it plays a huge part in experiments.…

Researchers and scientists use their sense perception in order to create their theory. Researchers use inductive reasoning to "make generalizations from specific observations." (Staff, Live Science. "Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 10 July 2012. Web. 4 Mar. 2015.). Inductive reasoning also allows for the researcher or scientists to create hypothesis or theories based on their senses (such as sight…

Justin Massey Professor Robert Bishop PHYS 301 13 April 2015 Religion & Science: The Influence of Two Faith Communities on Scientific Progress Introduction In contemporary times religion and science are often pinned against each other as if in irreconcilable contradiction. Especially within conservative Evangelicalism, this tends to be the reality as political groups advocate against scientific theories such as evolution seeing this as an attack on their religious beliefs. I recall a conference…

Science is not the answer for everything in the world, however it does play a role in our beliefs. Science has helped us believe many factors of our world today, but what about the questions that cannot be answered by science? So in these cases what do we fall too; religion, culture, society, etc.? We used to fall back on religion for our answers, now it is science, however, we are slowing going to change it to something else besides science. This is known as a paradigm shift. In the excerpt…

What is Science? Science is an orderly and sensible methodology to finding how a thing in the world works. Although, individual’s beliefs can affect coming up with theories, Science is based on facts, not opinion or preferences. So who are scientists? Firstly, the primary part of a scientist is to make new revelations that will propel human learning by studying and observing the scientific method to collect evidence in an experiment related to their hypothesis, hoping that they will come up…

The world of art instills creativity. The world of science — methods. Combining the two provides an opportunity for ingenuity. However, at Queen’s, the combination is rare. Queen’s is among only a handful of Ontario universities that don’t require undergraduate students to take a mandatory cross-disciplinary credit. The absence of a required course persists, despite a recommendation made in favour of such a requirement nearly 16 years ago. However, while taking a course outside of a…