Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

the previous section showed, there is a
As
of science that emphasizes the
perspective
nature of knowledge and the consensus
communal
by scientists. It is important to look at how
built
consensus is built and how disagreements are
this
with. Studying or paying close attention to
dealt
scientific controversies end gives us a sense
how
the different dimensions of scientific consensus
of
of what we call science, including scientific
Much
is uncontroversial. Once established,
practice,
facts become self-evident and their
scientific
begin to fade from memory or interest.
histories
become “black boxes”—a term that
They
things that are hard to open or not
describes
disagreements are often settled by
Public
facts used as evidence. But what counts
scientific
evidence when the scientific facts themselves
as
the controversy?
cause
allow us to look into black
Controversies
before they are closed, and therefore to
boxes
what it takes to make a fact and
understand
confidence in evidence. Consensus is the
have
of controversies and often requires
closure
of causation.
evidence
II. Perspectives
II. Perspectives
II.3 Scientific consensus and
disagreement
and disagreement.
Black box
input
output
explained, their inner workings unknown.
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