PHI 2394 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chiropractic, Calcium Oxide, Westernization
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50/50 split (cid:224) money wise: relativism: there is no objective standard for what is true, perspectivism: there may be more than objective standard for what is true, self interest, scientists work in universities, government, or business, they work in research and development, academia: publish or perish. P vs p: publish papers in the journals, career advancement, publish things fast, when you publish, you go to conferences, they want research dollars (status issues, they need money to do research. Then, publish papers: elite group: nobel prizes, royalty society, etc, competition, big name: isaac newton, a lot of research are being done in teams, universities are in competition, research vs teaching, selective research funding. They want to discover stuff: bell labs, publish or perish, business demand for results, managers usually aren"t scientist, scientists ask to be manager, administrative duties not so much things for research, many scientists are quite happy working for business.
