Epistemological Bias in the Physical and Social Sciences

• Other Authors: Elmessiri, Abdelwahab M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2006
• Subjects: Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of science; The Koran; Sociology; Religion; Middle East Studies; Philosophy; General Science
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The question of bias in methodology and terminology is a problem that faces researchers east, west, north and south; however, it faces Third World intellectuals with special keenness. For although they write in a cultural environment that has its own specific conceptual and cultural paradigms, they...