SOAN 2120 Lecture Notes - Thomas Kuhn, Proletariat, Class Conflict
15 Jan 2013
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Late 60 s early seventies: research on exposure to lead. Doubts were raised about conduct and earlier research. Researchers excluded some of those that were tested. 1975: collected teeth from 3,329 first and second-graders. Brought up on charges of academic misconduct/improper research methods. May 1992: absolved of misconduct, however; hearing board found that needleman misrepresented his procedures possibly to ensure publication. *science allows change (hold theories to be true until something else proves it wrong) As researchers, we should doubt our own findings, as well as the findings of others. If we choose not to question knowledge, we may be holding on to falsity. Common errors of human inquiry and possible safeguards. Define how this observation should be made. Tend to observe certain things more often, while ignoring other sources. Paying attention to confirmed observations, ignoring the non-confirmed. Look at things that do not fit the general pattern. Come to conclusions that use systems of logic.
