Charney, Empiricism is not a Four-Letter Word

1. Section 4: indeterminacy/power

1.1. critics impose ideal standards on science

1.2. rationality vs indeterminacy

2. Section 1

2.1. Idea/question

2.1.1. Implications of research methods

2.1.2. tension between "science" and "qualitative" research

2.1.3. cannot generalize about the ethos of the researcher based on their methods - the authority of the researcher

3. Section 2:

3.1. Negative view of science in composition

3.1.1. That science is "objective" - only works with ideas that can be proven

3.1.2. scientists eliminate "human element of research

4. Section 3

4.1. Science and injustice

4.1.1. common critiqueScience is serving those in power

4.1.1.1. instrumentalism

4.1.1.2. functionalism

4.1.2. Charney rebuttal

4.1.2.1. this claim ignores history