Indeed it has not been unknown for scientists to resist new theories on grounds which derived from the new
form of dogmatism rather than those which belonged to experimental science.
To be really blunt, I have to wonder if you aren't struggling with your convictions and are maybe looking for a community to help you transition
out of your dogmatism.
Bravo to the person of any orientation who admits to this ignorance, for they will be open to learning and experiencing what might be missed by the
blinders of dogmatism.
23 The notion of the complete self - sufficiency of any item of finite knowledge is the fundamental
error of dogmatism.
One of the verses of the Bible that actually helped to liberate me from this
kind of dogmatism was Ephesians 2:14:
In terms of a
test of dogmatism, Whitehead agrees with the chorus of criticism waiting for the metaphysical constructs of any latter - day absolutizers.
To connect this to some of the previous discussions, I see some
traces of dogmatism in Harpur's work.
As a
preventive of dogmatism such considerations have their value, but they should not be used to evade responsibility for defining the limits of our knowledge and determining as far as we can the possibilities of the matter.
The
opposite of dogmatism, in my opinion is humility, and willingness and desire to learn, which of necessity includes the acknowledgement that one does not already know everything.
While German politicians, alarmist scientists, activists, and media are staying super-glued stuck on stupid, i.e. remaining mired in the
stupidity of dogmatism and closed - mindedness, the climate debate and controversy in Germany is, well, shall we say, heating the hell up.Mark the following time and place on your calender: Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 10 pm.
Really it's zealousness marked by trial and error, plus
lashings of dogmatism, undermined by the need to fail fast when that dogmatism proves wrong.
But more thought should have been put into this before the
level of dogmatism we have seen from the Buy - and - Holders in recent years evidenced itself.
He was not indoctrinated by formal education in academic science — the
bastions of dogmatism and intellectual tunnel vision.
In its latest 2 - page report, the JP now appears to tell its readers that our views on climate science have to be much more open minded and unshackled from the
chains of dogmatism.
As the developing sciences began to get into their stride, and that brings us into the last hundred years, there was a tendency for them, having refuted so much of what Christian orthodoxy took for granted, to establish their own
form of dogmatism.
From their point of view, its author was indeed a dangerous man, for he claimed that one could sweep away
all of their dogmatism and superstition while still upholding the essence of the Bible's teachings, and mapped out a future in which they would be deprived of their earthly power.
As discussed in my previous installment,
some of the dogmatism within the paleo realm does not hold up to scientific scrutiny, and the scientific literature on anti-nutrients is deficient in high - quality human studies.