Science presents itself as universal and culture-free but is itself a cultural discourse

Evidence

Mechanism has its origins in what historians refer to as “the scientific revolution,” and thus is highly dependent upon another powerful metaphor: science. But how can we possibly call science a discourse? Isn’t it universal? Beginning with the idea that it is a discourse unmasks its complexity in modernist culture. First, alongside mechanism, science carries the assumption that to “know” the natural world is to be able to control it by applying rationality or reason. It emphasizes objectivity and purports to be culture-free as well as outside of morality. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 545

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cultures differ over whether the world is a living whole or a machine — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 615; Science and society mutually constitute each other rather than existing separately — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1599; Science must produce a legitimating philosophical discourse about its own rules — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 87 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Science and society mutually constitute each other rather than existing separately #corroborates (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1599
• A scientific framework’s presuppositions are culturally and historically conditioned #corroborates (0.85) — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 148
• Science must produce a legitimating philosophical discourse about its own rules #expands (0.80) — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 87
• Each science constructs its own method; there is no universal method #corroborates (0.80)
• The supposedly culture-free civic state is deeply embedded in cultural meanings #exemplifies (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 359
• Universalists and particularists disagree on whether rationality is culture-bound #expands (0.78) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 1026
• Experimental science is the most universalized form of subjectivity #qualifies (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1584
• Experimental science achieved the greatest cultural unification of human subjectivity #expands (0.75)