Sentences with phrase «value of pure science»

In an era when research funding is scarce, these 11 ideas serve as a timely reminder of the value of pure science not only in terms of satisfying our curiosity, but ultimately for its endless practical uses.

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In Science and the Modern World, Whitehead argues strongly against the value of pure abstraction because it leads to thinking that is detached from concrete reality and it leads to narrow specialization.

Intellectually, there are growing numbers of scientists, technicians, philosophers, and scholars who practice an «advocacy science and scholarship» which challenges head - on conceptions of science, technology, and scholarship as value neutral activities of pure and disinterested elites.

In other words, valuing science for pure pleasure is more of a bulwark against the politicization of science than facts alone.

05 March 2015 Research shows that many members of groups underrepresented in academic science seek careers that express values beyond pure research.

Durocher believes that the beauty of the program is that it is visionary, and it values pure science.

Personally, I think that no matter the criteria used (i.e., even if we could find some pure and objective criteria), the degree of «expertise» is not what measures the quality or advisability or value of a scientist's input into public discussion of science - related matters.