John Simmons wrote:
 
"But before you paint all science as political, go back to the basic definition
of what science is:  forming a hypothesis which best fits observations,
and then attempting to prove it wrong."
 
Is this at all possible when it comes to human sciences? It is still the
individual who forms his hypothesis and does the observations - the
individual with all his cultural luggage that he can never get rid of. The
recent american debate on gender (in archaeology and anthropology) clearly
shows that even our analytical tools have a certain "colour" and is far
from pure. How can you form a pure hypothesis and make pure observations
when your tools are biased?
 
Regards,
Asa
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Asa Gillberg
Dept of archaeology
University of Gothenburg
Sweden
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