What Exactly Is For Certain?

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Philosophy

 

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Judith C

 

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April 22, 2013

 

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University

 

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But as we continue to "progress" during this present time and hopefully into the future, could it appropriate to say that we are losing sight of the past? There is often news about new breakthroughs and innovations occurring in the scientific world, but can one question how actually "recent" these discoveries are? In Oliver Sack's article "Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science", he explains that science is not continuous and progressive as it seems, and is often times very backwards and "contradictory"...
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In the article, Sacks uses various examples of scientific discoveries that we acknowledge today that were discovered not by the people they are ascribed to but rather earlier predecessors, that were forgotten, or either ignored. In his argument, Sacks shows us that many times, while these forgotten minds were in fact correct in there discoveries, or at least had some sense of validity to their theories to subjects, they were often discredited due to lack of knowledge to the specific area or lack of "credible" experience...
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