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| Science: Science is a systematic process of acquiring knowledge about the natural world through observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing. It is based on the assumption that the universe is governed by natural laws that can be discovered through scientific inquiry. See also Method, Review, Knowledge, Verification, Confirmation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Aldous Huxley on Science - Dictionary of Arguments
Weizenbaum I 175 Science/Huxley, Aldous: practically [the natural scientists are] entitled to proceed in this curious and extremely arbitrary manner; by concentrating exclusively on the measurable aspects of such elements of experience, which can be explained by the concepts of a causal system, they have been enabled to maintain a steadily increasing control over the natural forces. >Explanation, >Causal explanation, >Empiricism, >Evidence, >Rationalization. But power is not the same as insight, and as a representation of reality, the scientific representation of the world is not sufficient, simply because science does not even claim to deal with experience as such, but only with certain extracts and only in certain contexts. They tend to view those aspects of experience that natural scientists do not take into account due to a lack of competence as if they were somehow less real(1). >Experience, >Perception, >Measurements, >Method. 1. A. Huxley: Science, Liberty and Peace, NY, 1946, p. 35f._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
HuxleyA I Aldous Huxley Science, Liberty and Peace London 1946 HuxleyTh I Thomas Henry Huxley Lectures On Evolution Whitefish, MT 2010 Weizenbaum I Joseph Weizenbaum Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgment to Calculation, W. H. Freeman & Comp. 1976 German Edition: Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft Frankfurt/M. 1978 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19