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Science and ideology
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- 1IdeologyA set of ideas of a social group
- 2Pluralist ideology* the world is made up of many different ideologies but not one is dominant
* this idea contradicts itself by claiming their approach is best - 3Marxist ideology* the dominant ideology = the RC
* Althusser - the dominant ideology is spread through an ideological state apparatus e.g. Education, media...
* Gramsci - hegemony = the RC maintains dominance by persuading others to accept their ideology as part of their own beliefs - 4Patriarchal ideologyA set of ideas that justify the power of men in society
- 5Political ideologySets of ideas depend on ideals of the party e.g. Conservative, labour...
- 6Religion as an ideologyIt offers a vision of understanding of the world but it's not tied to one social group
- 7Popper and scientific method5 stages:-
* hypothesis
* falsification
* prediction
* theory
* scrutiny - 8Kuhn and paradigms* scientists work with a paradigm which is a particular way of looking at the world
* they fit their work into the paradigm e.g. The Big Bang theory - 9ObjectivityThe absence of bias
- 10Value freedomValues should be kept out of research
- 11Empirical evidenceInfo acquired by experiments
- 12Problems of scientific research* researcher bias = values of the researcher can affect choice of study
* career aspirations
* funding - how much and who provides it - 13Rise of science replaces religious ideas - COMTETransition to modernity in 3 steps:-
1. Theological - life is explained by Gods etc.
2. Metaphysical - supernatural elements diminish
3. Positivist - rational scientific explanations - 14Rise of science replaces religious ideas - BRUCEScientific explanations replace religious ones as they prove religion wrong
- 15Has science replaced religion?Science is widely accepted by society but religion is still influential.
E.g. The Saffron Revolution (2007) led by Buddhist Monks against the military dictatorship in Burma - 16Lyotard (post-modernist)Death of the metanarrative = religion, science and ideologies are all metanarratives that claim truth but we no longer accept any of them, they're just stories
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- A level Sociology (Topic 1 - different theories of ideology, science & religion) Flashcards on Science and ideology, created by Beth Scott on 31/03/2015.
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