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3 days ago · Potential risks resulting from science and public participation in science are made less clear than access to science. In this article, the following research question guides my analysis: With an emphasis on state obligations derived from ICESCR Article 15, can human rights relating to science constitute a science governance tool and facilitate broad assessments of technologies, based on ...
2 days ago · The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century. The scientific method involves careful observation coupled with rigorous scepticism, because cognitive assumptions can distort the interpretation of the observation.
5 days ago · Science, any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation. In general, a science involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws.
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- Observing the natural world and paying attention to its patterns has been part of human history from the very beginning. However, studying nature t...
- Science uses mathematics extensively as a powerful tool in the further understanding of phenomena. Sometimes scientific discoveries have inspired m...
- All peoples have studied the natural world, but most ancient peoples studied it for practical purposes, such as paying attention to natural cycles...
3 days ago · Philosophy of science is both a theoretical and empirical discipline, relying on philosophical theorising as well as meta-studies of scientific practice. Ethical issues such as bioethics and scientific misconduct are often considered ethics or science studies rather than the philosophy of science.
3 days ago · Censorship has also made its way into disciplines most associated with the pursuit of objective truth: science and medicine. “When ideological concerns leach into medicine, it can have a negative impact on patient care and distort the evidence base for that care,” Sallie Baxendale, a professor of clinical neuropsychology at University College London, told me.
1 day ago · Regional variation exists with respect to tolerance, the antithesis of homophobic discrimination, in different parts of the world. Most international human rights organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, condemn laws that make homosexual relations between consenting adults a crime.
4 days ago · Gender stereotypes are preconceived, usually generalized views about how members of a certain gender do or should behave, or which traits they do or should have. They are meant to reinforce gender norms, typically in a binary way (masculine vs. feminine). Gender stereotypes have far-reaching effects on all genders.
