Maintaining The Trust In Science

About 100 years ago, a movement formed by scientists, mathematicians and philosophers collectively known as the Vienna Circle and Berlin Circle, propagated the philosophical idea called “logical positivism.” In essence, this idea puts the emphasis on the importance of empirical evidence as the central criterion in verifying knowledge.             This has led, intentionally or otherwise,…

The Prophet as a Role Model to Enculture Research Ethics

Research is an important endeavour in the process of acquiring new knowledge and providing solutions to problems. This activity involves various stakeholders in a complex research ecosystem. This ecosystem includes (but not limited to) the researcher (and his team members made up of other researchers, technicians, statisticians, enumerators and research assistants), the government, the industry,…