Science IS NOT the dominant belief system

• Kuhn


  Science = closed

  Paradigms - particular and accepted set of assumptions about the way things are - science operates in these

  Eg the world is round

  Anomalies = new paradigm formed
• Marxists

  Science is driven by the needs of capitalism
• Feminism

  Science justified male domination
• Postmodernism

  Lyotard - science is a metanarrative - no one truth
• Religion

  = closed - claim to have special, perfect knowledge of the absolute truth
• Pritchard


  Studied Azande - dont believe in coincidence or chance

  Misfortune = turn to witchcraft to explain
• Polanyi


  Religion/beliefs have ways to sustain themselves, even if contradictory evidence

  eg deny the legitimacy of rivals: creationists have criticisms and flaws found in evolution theory