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This lesson examines the relationship between religion, science, and ideology. It asks: Is science the rational, objective pursuit of truth that it claims to be? How does it differ from religion? And what is an ideology, and in what sense might religion — or science — be ideological? These questions are central to understanding the place of belief systems in modern society.
Key Definition: An ideology is a worldview or set of ideas and beliefs that serves the interests of a particular social group. Ideologies present a partial, distorted view of reality as if it were the complete, objective truth.
The traditional view of science, associated with positivism, presents science as fundamentally different from religion and other belief systems. Science is seen as:
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