Science and Ideational Culture  

Oleh:

Briggle, Adam ; Mitcham, Carl

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Ethics and Science An Introduction, page 268-289.
Topik: Templeton Foundation; Science and Personal Experience; Science and Culture; Separating Science from Culture; Science and Culture in Opposition; Science and Culture Together
Fulltext: Science and Ideational Culture.pdf (248.02KB)

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As we saw in the previous two chapters, science is more than the practice of scientists, and ethics is an issue not only within the scienti? c community but also for the larger society within which modern science exists. Those chapters, however, were largely limited to politics. This chapter highlights interactions between science and culture. The term “ideational culture” denotes something much broader than politics and policies, namely, the attitudes, values, goals, practices, and beliefs that comprise a way of life and a way of ordering and making sense of experience. Science entails certain methods and practices for obtaining knowledge, as well as a set of theories or ideas. Yet these are not the only methods or theories to be found in human cultures, and science ? nds itself constantly interacting with the other methods and theories prominent in the contemporary world. The story of the Templeton Foundation illustrates the issues that arise when we adopt this wider perspective on science and its relationship to other spheres of society. This chapter then goes on to map four modes of interaction between science and culture. The ? nal chapter considers the professional ethics of engineers, which is an important bridge between scientists and material culture.

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