Women in science

Progress is a term that many perceive/use differently in various scenarios. It’s understood as continuous improvement, developments in science and technology, or as general advancements. Selecting an appropriate definition of progress when using it to discuss history can be a bit problematic. The transition from hunters and gatherers to agriculture began around 10,000 B.C.E. which alternated the way humans lived; this change became irreversible. It’s been debated that the transition to…

Elisabeth Lloyd is a philosophical author, who wrote “Feminism as a Method: What Scientists Get That Philosophers Don’t”. In her book, Lloyd discusses the impact that the role feminism, the philosophy about women, has in scientific research. Lloyd’s position is that feminism can be and should be a significant key and role in making scientific research objective and rigorous. Going along these lines, this means that the influence of feminism on scientific methods is an example about how…

The beginning of the seventeenth century would become later known as the “Scientific Revolution”, for the drastic changes that occurred, in the sciences of European countries during that time period. The word “revolution” which depicts a time of uprisings and great change in society is akin the drastic change that occurred during the beginning of the seventeenth century. The Scientific Revolution is a historians’ way of summing up a slew of historical phenomenon and developments that were not…

attention to science in recent years because there has been a large increase in science, engineering, and technology in the workforce. Alabama has also seen the increase in jobs in those fields and is trying to set up its school systems to be stronger in the different areas. The state of Alabama believes that science, engineering, technology, and society are all interdependent and should be taught in a way that shows their connectedness. The position that they stand behind is science,…

Drawing negative comparisons between science and religion we can say both have created war, starvation, and even disease in societies. germ warfare, atomic weapons, and toxic GMO foods is the flip side of the coin. So, to trust science blindly because we need an alternative to religion is not a good either, we must find a balance. Science like religion is a way of understanding the world around us and how it operates. Science has given us definitive answers and truths about our world such as…

the arts and natural sciences. However, as humanity begins to think deeper to know more, more and more ethical concerns arise. The arts, for example, contribute to society by adding to the cultural symbols that make up a community. Sometimes, there may be artwork considered too vulgar or immoral for the public. In terms of natural sciences, researchers continue to release their discoveries about pressing diseases, medicine, and other topics. Nonetheless, there are areas of science where the…

Men and women were both welcomed to salons, however they had to obtain knowledge in order to come in. They gave people an escape of the outside world where they could come and enjoy different forms of entertainment. Salons were serious and filled with intellect, this lead them to being considered more important to the growth of the human intellect. However, with the fact that women were allowed in salons, some argued that salons didn’t help the human intellect at all. Women were smart, but…

theological (fictive), metaphysical (abstract), and scientific (positive). This law depicts human development from several angles. Historically, it identifies three stages in the whole human race: epistemologically, the stages through which each science passes to realize its aim: psychobiographically, the stages of individual intellectual growth: and sociopolitically, the regeneration of economic, military, legal, and spiritual practices in response to intellectual progress” (Encyclopedia of…

In Vannevar Bush 's article, Research Agency Planned, Bush urges for an increase in government funding toward the sciences to develop solutions to several problems the U.S. faces. Bush does this by focusing on three problems. The first is to fund basic research in medicine. Bush points out that currently seven million people are suffering from mental illnesses of which there is no cure and additional funding should aid the basic research in medicine so that progress can be made toward a solution…

identified was that students, but girls in particular, were not interested in science and considered it to be boring. This is reflected by elective science and engineering classes in high school being male-dominated, with the exception of biology and medical themed classes. I found this very interesting because it was a reflection of the workforce in terms of STEM fields. I do not think that girls are naturally worse at science. One thing that explains this gap though is access and appeal. Thus,…