Article ID: CBB000780159

Organized Skepticism, Naïve Methodism, and Other -ISMS (2006)

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Labinger, Jay A. (Author)


Foundations of Chemistry
Volume: 8
Pages: 97--110


Publication Date: 2006
Edition Details: First article in a special issue: “Constructivism in Chemical Education”
Language: English

The Science Wars have pitted defenders of science against those accused of attacking it with the weapons of constructivism and relativism. I argue that this defensive stance is in large part a consequence of two other -isms, organized skepticism and naïve methodism, that play a significant, if mostly unconscious, role in how scientists tend to think about science, and suggest that increased awareness of these -isms may help dissipate the perceptions of hostility.

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Authors & Contributors
Niaz, Mansoor
De Berg, Kevin C.
Rispoli, Giulia
Gerardo Ienna
Zittel, Claus
Tobin, Kenneth George
Concepts
Social construction; constructivism
History of science, as a discipline
Philosophy of science
Chemistry
Historiography
Science studies, theoretical works
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
East Asia
London (England)
Taiwan
Great Britain
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