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Popper’s social and political philosophy in order to see whether they may be of help in offsetting the distrust of science spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second part, I address the more general ... and becomes an assembly of dependent and vulnerable human individuals. In view of the revived authoritarian tendencies in a number of countries, Popper’s political philosophy, which in the past was of
analyzing his shifting claims on wartime education in relation to progressive educational thought, this article portrays the political function of science education and its concealment in post-war Japan. The ... well as a re-examination of their influence in post-war science textbooks, will enable us to critically scrutinize the political features of contemporary Japanese science education. 1 Introduction
, players in the field of philosophy of science have been working on defining how they should train (biomedical) scientists in philosophy of science (Boniolo & Campaner, 2020; Grüne-Yanoff, 2014) . They ... provide strong rationales for the increased need of teaching philosophy of science to scientists and for a thorough revision of what is taught in these courses. However, they also discuss current challenges
about the causes and implications of climate change. However, due to the controversial nature of the topic, the current US political climate, and fear of resistance from stakeholders, teachers did not ... (2002) suggests the presence of controversy over an issue can influence teachers’ instructional decisions. Additionally, political controversy about the science of climate change may lead teachers to
unrightfully seized political power, or they claim that science constitutes only one voice among many and that scientists should know their proper place in our societies. As philosophers of science, we believe ... and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS), Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University , Tilburg , Netherlands 1 Stefaan Blancke 2 Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University , Ghent
upper secondary schools in Sweden and contributes by showing variation in teachers’ values and relations with practice. Theoretically, the study is rooted in a philosophy of science recognizing the ... aims, the study is rooted theoretically in a philosophy of science that recognizes the importance of values. Values are multifaceted constructs that can be investigated from diverse perspectives, such as
The history and philosophy of science (HPS) plays a special role in education. An elective HPS course on the philosophy of scientific experimentation for young scientists and graduate students of
in order to ground ethical and political positions. The third argument is that the socialization of scientific knowledge through school education is a necessary, albeit insufficient, condition for the
Adopting an explicit and reflective approach to the teaching of the history and philosophy of science is useful in promoting high school students’ understanding of the nature of science. Whereas the ... curriculum in North America, which include philosophy of science, social and political philosophy, and aesthetics was considered “mindopening, yet challenging, providing educational opportunities that are
and agnostics showing better performance than religious students. There were no clear trends in the interaction of major field of study and philosophy of life. We discuss these results in the light of ... , Pedagogy, Philosophy, Psychology , and Visual Arts Biomedical Sciences, Medicine , Nursery, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, and Physical Education Evolutionary theory (ET) is the unifying theory of Life Sciences
traditions and disciplines, among them philosophy, social semiotics, and cognitive science, bear on embodiment in science education research. This paper aims to explore and articulate the differences and ... traditions and disciplines, notably philosophy, cognitive science, and social semiotics, bear on embodiment and have inspired research in science education. Understanding the diversity of embodied perspectives
. The author considers insights of Karl Popper’s social and political philosophy in order to see whether they may be of help in offsetting the distrust of science and visits how the theoretical principles ... theme across some papers is the importance of scientific knowledge in ethical and political education. In the following paragraphs, a brief review of the content of the papers is presented with
context of interconnectedness and mess. Indicated in the diagram, awareness campaign policies were subjected to “post-truth” attacks, fuelled by various political, religious, and conspiracy theory agendas ... heuristic to accept or reject consensus, through which evidence for credibility and evidence for expertise are weighed (Osborne & Pimentel, 2022) . Others highlight the potential role of philosophy of
concerning the role of HPSS in its teaching and discussing critically boundaries of this research field. COVID-19; Science education; History and philosophy of science; Science studies; Public controversies ... , showing great denial about the scientific recommendations, point to a type of public controversy that forces us to emphasize some aspects (notably, political) of these 1 As we will explain in Section 2
values. The study takes form as a hermeneutical spiral, wherein literature on the history and philosophy of science, NOS, the family resemblance approach (FRA), NOS teaching, characteristics of narratives ... our immersion into the historical episode, we gradually moved outwards through the input of literature in different fields, including the history and philosophy of science, the nature of science (NOS
processes and also make their investigation possible (Arabatzis, 2019). This is why the study of concepts has a central place in philosophy of science. However, there is an ongoing debate about how concepts ... should be studied, which reflects some of the most important issues in philosophy, such as the limits of empirical inquiry and the status of conceptual analysis. For many philosophers, conceptual analysis
have always been concerned with the construction of the common world (a shared reality), while the anti-science movement goes in the opposite direction, denying science to defend economic and political ... specific groups. In this sense, the post-truth movement is part of a political agenda and therefore science education will not be able to face the dilemmas of such scenario unless it takes a clear political
had many positive features, this paper will document how most of these ideas and insights were well established in HPS literature at the time of its 1962 publication. Kuhn was not trained in philosophy ... in philosophy, he was not part of the HPS tradition, and to the detriment of all, he did not engage with it. This matters, because before publication he could have abandoned, modified, or refined much
and philosophy of science, on the teaching and learning of quantum mechanics, and on mathematics education. By means of analytical instruments developed for characterizing conceptual trajectories at ... between CC in the learning sciences, concerning the knowledge system of an individual, and CC in the philosophy or history of science, concerning instead the conceptual structure of scientific theories,1 or
