There are some obdurate delusions about the advent of neuroscience (and neuroscientists).
The contemporary position is that medical science is set on an inexorable and more or less linear path to ultimate truth. The image is conjured of the scientist as stone mason, chipping away at the rock of ignorance uncovering the glorious forms of reason.
However, the trajectory of neuroscience of course is far less perfect. The awkward reality is that the march of science has an erratic course, veering up many cul
de sacs, (I am in danger of seeking shelter under a relativist umbrella) but science, in the view of many, is a trajectory influenced by personality cult, public fashion many other influences.
Source Brain, a journal of Neurology
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The contemporary position is that medical science is set on an inexorable and more or less linear path to ultimate truth. The image is conjured of the scientist as stone mason, chipping away at the rock of ignorance uncovering the glorious forms of reason.
However, the trajectory of neuroscience of course is far less perfect. The awkward reality is that the march of science has an erratic course, veering up many cul
de sacs, (I am in danger of seeking shelter under a relativist umbrella) but science, in the view of many, is a trajectory influenced by personality cult, public fashion many other influences.
Source Brain, a journal of Neurology
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=peter+cheevers&x=0&y=0
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