POLI 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Scientific Method
12 Oct 2016
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You take evidence and you apply them to each idea, comparing and contrasting the ideas to make a basis for your choice. The assumption in this case is that the evidence is neutral, and it can be used as a neutral arbiter to decide between competing ideas. Facts in reality are often subjective. (history is written by the victors. ) This is only an objective fact if everyone has the same objective view of what blue is. In some places in south-east asia, yellow is not a colour that exists, only green. Therefore, the (cid:862)(cid:455)ello(cid:449)(cid:374)ess(cid:863) of a(cid:374) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t is su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e to (cid:449)hether or (cid:374)ot (cid:272)olours e(cid:454)ist. The traditional theories (liberalism, realism, neo-liberalism, neo-realism) claim to be objective because they claim that facts are objective. Other theories are normative (claiming how things ought to be, not how they are) Other theories sa(cid:455) that (cid:374)o, (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t si(cid:373)pl(cid:455) e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) thi(cid:374)gs as the(cid:455) are.
