The Interplay of Scientific Activity, Worldviews and Value Outlooks

Autor/in	Lacey, Hugh
Titel	The Interplay of Scientific Activity, Worldviews and Value Outlooks
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 18 (2009) 6-7, S.839-860 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-007-9114-6
Schlagwörter	World Views; Sciences; Science Education; Inquiry; Religious Factors; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? World view; Weltanschauung; Science; Wissenschaft; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Scientific activity tends to reflect particular worldviews and their associated value outlooks; and scientific results sometimes have implications for worldviews and the presuppositions of value outlooks. Even so, scientific activity per se neither presupposes nor provides sound rational grounds to accept any worldview or value outlook. Moreover, in virtue of reflecting a suitable variety of worldviews and value outlooks, perhaps including some religious ones, science is better able to further its aim. An extended argument is made that, although the materialist worldview has de facto been widely associated with the development of modern science, the scope of scientific inquiry is improperly limited when constraints, derived from materialism, are generally placed upon admissible scientific theories. Some implications for science education are sketched in the conclusion. (As Provided).
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