HPSC4105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ethnocentrism, Reductionism, Chemical Industry

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: History and Philosophy of Science
• Course: HPSC4105
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Science is the organized, systematic enterprise that gathers knowledge about the world and condenses the knowledge into testable laws and principles (edward o. wilson, Science refers to a variety of distinct and interrelated parts 1: a set of characteristics methods by means of which knowledge is certified. 2: a stock of accumulated knowledge stemming from the application of these methods. Universlaims finds further expression in the demand that careers by open to talent and there exists free access to scientific pursuits. Ethnocentrism is not compatible with universalism, while national bias is accepted if judged in terms of the standards of universalism redefined as patriotism. The political apparatus may be required to put in place democratic values to maintain universalistic values: communism: the findings of science are a product of social collaboration and assigned to the community, constituting a common heritage. The scientific claim to intellectual property is limited to that of recognition eg through eponymy.