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RIGHT
HAS NOT
BEEN ALONE IN
ATTACKING THE PREFERENCE FOR
EVIDENCE-BASED REASONING AS AN EXAMPLE
OF UNDUE PRIVILEGE.

SCIENCE
IS A COLLECTIVE HUMAN ACTIVITY
AND BY ITS NATURE, SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED, WHICH UNDOUBTEDLY INFLUENCES,
AT THE LEAST, THE QUESTIONS IT ASKS, THE METHODS IT DEVELOPS, THE ARGUMENTS IT ACCEPTS AND REJECTS,
THE CONSTRUCTS IT REGARDS AS FUNDAMENAL AND COMPLETE, AND ITS STYLE OF PRESENTATION.

CONSEQUENTLY, DIFFERENT SCIENTISTS WORKING FROM FPDIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS MAY CHOOSE TE PERFORM DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS AND CONSEQUENTLY OBTAIN DIFFERENT RESULTS. BUT THE LAIM HEARD IN CERTAIN QUARTERS, THAT SCIENCE IS MERELY EVOCATIVE PROSE ABOUT THE PRIVATE INTERESTS OF SCIENTISTS AS A CULTURAL GROUP, AND THAT DIFFERENT SCIENTISTS WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS CAN PERFORM
IDENTICAL EXPERIMENTS AND NEVERTHELESS
OBTAIN DIFFERENT RESULTS,
IS DANGEROUSLY
OVERSTATED.
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