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15 lut 2018 · One key attribute of Western science is developing and then testing hypotheses to ensure rigor and replicability in interpreting empirical observations or making predictions. Although...
15 mar 2021 · Abstract. In the mid-2000s, the term Two-Eyed Seeing was introduced by Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall to suggest the complementarity of Western and Indigenous sciences. The concept has since been adopted and applied in a diverse range of research.
1 maj 2006 · Western science is objective and quantitative as opposed to traditional knowledge, which is mainly subjective and qualitative. Western science is based on an academic and literate transmission, while traditional knowledge is often passed on orally from one generation to the next by the elders.
1 cze 2006 · Western science and traditional knowledge constitute different paths of knowledge acquisition but are rooted in the same reality (Mazzocchi, 2006). While modern scientific knowledge and its...
1 mar 2003 · Whereas Western science favours reductionist, mechanistic and quan‐titative methods, traditional knowledge observes natural phenomena from a global point of view. These observations are strictly linked to local culture and to the predominant philosophy.
When Science Became Western. Historiographical Reflections. By Marwa Elshakry* ABSTRACT. While thinking about the notion of the “global” in the history of the history of science, this essay examines a related but equally basic concept: the idea of “Western science.”
