I definitely don’t think the same thoughts about what it means for science to be self-correcting (or not) as many seem to. Interesting.
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And also people who don’t seem to think of science as a process. We take a snapshot and fix everything that is wrong with it is not how I conceptualize science at all.
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Ohh! And that reminds me, we have people who think levels of analysis don't exist. Because at some levels of looking at the system science does sometimes self-correct; at others, nope.
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Great point!!
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I still do think science is a search for truth but just not in the traditional kind of way that you mean here I think. Data is certainly theory-laden.
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It's not a big deal to me if we disagree here. I think science is about understanding, creating models of the world. BUT I don't mind if you believe in theory of forms ala Plato as long as you are direct and as long as you don't enforce a monolithic idea of science on others.
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That was hypothetical, I know you didn't say you believe in Platonic forms. It's just that typically those who say "science is a search for truth" imply one truth and one monolithic prescriptive way of doing science.
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Not sure if this is what Manjari has in mind, or that its incompatible with your perspective Olivia, but I tend think of science as search of truth in the long run & increased understanding in short run. The view I find problematic is that we can/should have truth in short run.
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Thanks, Iris! Yes, I share the long-run view that we still aim for the truth. I would hate to hand that to the short term folks who insist on interpreting every short term scientific product as having discovered "the truth".
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That's sensible.
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