PSYC 2520 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Thomas Kuhn, Scientific Method, Hubris
14 Sep 2016
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Five reasons for studying research methods are: 01. To provoke a richer appreciation of the information that science and technology bring to modern life: 02. To avoid falling prey to imposters whose showy claims are counterfeit: 03. To learn information and skills that are transferrable beyond the research setting: 04. To learn that scientific knowledge is relative and provisional: 05. Thomas kuhn believed that major advances in science appear as paradigm shifts resulting from revolutionary insights into the physical world in which we live. Karl popper"s idea was that the way scientific knowledge develops is through a continuous process of empirically testing logical conjectures and eliminating those inferences that fail to survive these rigorous trials it"s survival of the fittest. Each is characterized by a formulaic way of thinking and behaving. The method of tenacity is primitive because it is bound by tradition and involves clinging stubbornly to claims or beliefs merely because they have been around for a while.
