PSYC 403 Lecture Notes - Arabian Peninsula, Enkidu, Rationality
6 Dec 2012
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Scientists observe rationalism as an epistemology, but not as a normative principle of arguing. Scientists are very biased by their assumed paradigms. If they discovered something that challenged their paradigm, they would shelve it until there were too many abnormalities to ignore: normal science, anomaly, crisis, new paradigm. Paradigm: a set of assumptions, values and methods that provide the framework in which scientists work. The components of a paradigm: the disciplinary matrix - a set of assumptions which are not coaxialisms (assumptions taken as obvious and unquestionable) {note: discuss further with keanu reeves} eg. darwinists: there is no god. Life emerged from itself: the shared exemplars - models of good research. Anarchistic theory of science: there are several paradigms at the same time. Karl popper: science is the rational, logical and objective process of generating hypothesis (which are clear, simple and falsifiable) Epistemological rationalism is that a logical deduction is preferred over empirical induction in science.
