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Title
Legacy story: Science as Social Knowledge, by Helen Longino
A philosophical inquiry into the social nature of science.
Justification
Proposes critiquing assumptions in science as part of science.
Unformed Thoughts
Researchers are not immune to prevalent belief systetems when in the lab. We noted this in early-twentieth century eugenics. We also find this idea convincingly argued by Longino in her book Science as Social Knowledge (1990). Longino explains idea that scientific hypotheses can be subjected to critique on the basis of the background assumptions that uphold them. Scientific hypotheses, in other words, can be grounded on researchers’ beliefs. Critiquing these beliefs should be part of the scientific process, Longino argues.
Legacy Stories are stories that were conceptualised in September 2021, before the timeline was on Tiki-Toki, let alone GitHub. The story in its current form lives here. And you are very welcome to share any thoughts you have on how this story can be improved by commenting below!
Title
Legacy story: Science as Social Knowledge, by Helen Longino
Date or Period 📅
21-Feb 1990, as per the publisher.
Elevator Pitch
A philosophical inquiry into the social nature of science.
Justification
Proposes critiquing assumptions in science as part of science.
Unformed Thoughts
Researchers are not immune to prevalent belief systetems when in the lab. We noted this in early-twentieth century eugenics. We also find this idea convincingly argued by Longino in her book Science as Social Knowledge (1990). Longino explains idea that scientific hypotheses can be subjected to critique on the basis of the background assumptions that uphold them. Scientific hypotheses, in other words, can be grounded on researchers’ beliefs. Critiquing these beliefs should be part of the scientific process, Longino argues.