Science, Worldviews and Education - Reprinted from the Journal Science & Education

Contents

Preface

Science, Worldviews and Education: An Introduction

1 Introduction

2 Debate About the Nature of Science (NOS)

3 Culture and Worldviews

4 Science and Worldviews

5 Nature of Science and Worldviews in Science Curricula

6 Contributions to this Volume

7 Conclusion

References

Author Biography

Science, Worldviews, and Education

1 Introduction

2 A Spectrum of Opinions

3 Stipulatory and Substantive Issues

4 Seven Pillars of Science

5 Scientific Method

6 The Testability of Worldviews

8 Necessary and Unnecessary Presuppositions

9 Conclusions

References

Teaching the Philosophical and Worldview Components of Science

1 Introduction

2 Science and Philosophy

3 Science and Metaphysics

4 Science and Worldviews

5 Worldviews and the Scientific Revolution

6 The Logic of Atomism

7 When Worldviews Collide: The Atomistic Heresy

8 The Survival of Scholasticism

9 Options for Reconciling Worldviews

10 Conclusion

References

Author Biography

Worldviews and their relation to science

1 Introduction

2 What is a worldview?

3 Gauch’s seven pillars of science

4 Do the pillars of science have any worldview content?

5 Criticism and the mode of scientific explanation as sources of worldview import

6 Worldviews and multiculturalism: some implications for science education

7 Conclusion

References

Contemporary Science and Worldview-Making

1 Introduction

2 The Compelling Part of Science

3 What’s within Reach?

4 Science’s Epistemic Arrow

5 Teleology, Now?

6 Competition between Worldviews

References

The Electromagnetic Conception of Nature at the Root of the Special and General Relativity Theories and its Revolutionary Meaning

1 Introduction: Conceptions of Nature

2 Electromagnetic Conception of Nature and Special Relativity

3 Einstein, Hilbert and the Origins of the General Relativity Theory

4 Einstein’s Cosmic Religion and Hilbert’s Worldview

5 Conclusions: Science Education and Worldviews

References

Imagining the World: The Significance of Religious Worldviews for Science Education

1 The Relationship between Science and Religion

2 Scientific and Religious Understandings of Biodiversity

3 March of the Penguins

4 And Tango Makes Three

5 Possible Ways Forward When Teaching School Science

References

Whose Science and Whose Religion? Reflections on the Relations between Scientific and Religious Worldviews

1 Introduction

2 Some Preliminaries on the Nature of Science

3 Five Questions

4 Conclusion

References

Can Science Test Supernatural Worldviews?

1 Major Scientific Institutions Claim That Science Cannot Test Supernatural Worldviews

2 Science Can Test Supernatural Claims: A Bayesian Perspective

3 Believing ‘‘On Faith’’

4 NOMA Again

5 Natural Psychological Explanations for the Origin and Persistence of Supernatural Worldviews

6 Going Wherever the Evidence Leads

7 Science Does Not Presuppose Naturalism. Whether or Not the Supernatural Exists Is an Empirical Question

8 Implications and Challenges for Science Education

References

The Interplay of Scientific Activity, Worldviews and Value Outlooks

1 Introduction

2 ‘‘Scientific Activity,’’ ‘‘Worldviews,’’ ‘‘Value Outlooks’’

3 The ‘‘Scientific’’ Worldview and the Values of Technological Progress

4 Costs of Privileging the Decontextualized Approach

5 Conclusion

References

Fall and Rise of Aristotelian Metaphysics in the Philosophy of Science

1 The Enlightenment Dismissal of Aristotelian Metaphysics, and its Neo-Aristotelian Opponents

2 Historical Reconsiderations of the Role of Aristotelianism in Science

3 The Scientific Revolution and Aristotelian Metaphysics

4 Hume, Positivism, and the Eclipse of Aristotelianism

5 Rebirth of Aristotelianism in the Philosophy of Science

References

Modern Science and Conservative Islam: An Uneasy Relationship

1 Introduction

2 Resisting Evolution

3 Creationism in Turkey

4 Varieties of Creationism

5 Partial Acceptance of Evolution

6 Created Nature

7 An Illusion of Harmony

8 Conclusion

References

Science and worldviews in the marxist tradition

1 Introduction

2 Science: Materialist Ontology, Realist Epistemology, Social Activity

3 The Theoretical Landscape of Marxism

4 Marx’s Encounter with Natural Philosophy and Materialism

5 Marx’s Science-Realism

6 Science as Social Activity: The Conceptual Autonomy of Science

7 Marxism among the Scientists. Implications for Science Education

References

Science and Worldviews in the Classroom: Joseph Priestley and Photosynthesis

1 Introduction

2 Some Appraisals of Priestley

3 Priestley’s Life

4 Priestley’s Publications

5 Priestley and the Enlightenment

6 The Philosophical and Experimental Path to Photosynthesis (‘The Restoration of Air’)

7 Priestley’s First Steps towards the Discovery of Photosynthesis

8 Priestley’s Final Steps Towards Photosynthesis

9 Priestley’s Providential Worldview

10 Priestley in the Classroom

11 Conclusion

References

Responses and Clarifications Regarding Science and Worldviews

1 Introduction

2 Worldview Reasoning

3 Worldview Evidence

4 Worldview Convictions

5 Additional Responses and Clarifications

6 Seven Questions for the AAAS and NAS

7 Conclusions

References

Author Index

Subject Index