Scientific imperialism
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Scientific imperialism is a term that appears to have been coined by Ellis T. Powell when addressing the Commonwealth Club of Canada on 8 September 1920. He defined imperialism as "the sense of arbitrary and capricious domination over the bodies and souls of men," he used the term "scientific imperialism" to mean "the subjection of all the developed and undeveloped powers of the earth to the mind of man."[1][original research?]
In modern usage, however, scientific imperialism refers to situations in which critics perceive science to act imperiously. Philosopher of science John Dupré described it (in his 2001 book Human Nature and the Limits of Science, p. 74) as "the tendency to push a good scientific idea far beyond the domain in which it was originally introduced, and often far beyond the domain in which it can provide much illumination." He wrote that "devotees of these approaches are inclined to claim that they are in possession not just of one useful perspective on human behavior, but of the key that will open doors to the understanding of ever wider areas of human behavior."[2]
Scientific imperialism has also been charged against "those who believe that the study of politics can and should be modelled on the natural sciences, a position defended most forcibly in the United States, and those who have dissented, viewing this ambition as methodologically unjustified and ethically undesirable."[3]
Critique of power
Writing about scientific exploration by
"Religion of the intellectuals"
Medical research
Medical doctor
See also
- Antireductionism
- Experimental political science
- Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
- Pseudoscience
- Scientific racism
References
- ^ Scientific Imperialism (an address), Delivered by Ellis T. Powell, LL.B. D.Sc. (1920)
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- ^ The Scientific Voyages of Captain Cook Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Moreland, J.P. (1989). Christianity and the Nature of Science. Baker Book House. (review)
- JSTOR 27759479.
- ^ Dupré, John: The Disunity of Science (2006) Interviewed by Paul Newall
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- S2CID 143920573.
- PMID 9093085.
- PMID 1881163.
Further reading
- Adas, M. (1989). Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance (PDF). Cornell University Press. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctt1287cfh. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2015-05-17.
- Alam A (1978). "Imperialism and Science". Race and Class. 19 (3): 239–51. S2CID 145529559.
- Arnold, David, ed. (1988). Imperial Medicine and Indigenous Societies. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719024955.
- Drayton R (1995). "Science and the European Empires". Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 23 (3): 503–10. .
- Inkster I (1985). "Scientific Enterprise and the Colonial Model, Observations on Australian Experience in Historical Context". Social Studies of Science. 15 (4): 677–704. S2CID 40171608.
- MacKenzie, J. M., ed. (1990). Imperialism and the Natural World. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719029004.
- MacLeod, R. (1993). "Passages in Imperial Science: From Empire to Commonwealth". Journal of World History. 4 (1): 117–150. JSTOR 20078549.
- Palladino P, Worboys M (1993). "Science and Imperialism". Isis. 84: 91–102. S2CID 143850571.
- Petitjean, P.; ISBN 9789401125949.
- Pyenson L (1993). "Cultural Imperialism and Exact Sciences revisited". Isis. 84 (1): 10–108. S2CID 144588820.
- Reingold, N.; Rothenberg, M., eds. (1987). Scientific Colonialism: A Cross Cultural Comparison. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 9780874747850.
- Secord, J. A. (1982). "King of Siluria: Roderick Murchison and the Imperial Theme in Nineteenth-Century British Geology". Victorian Studies. 25 (4): 413–442. JSTOR 3826980.