postmodern science, definition of

Postmodern Science is a 'branch' of postmodernism.

Postmodernism is "post" because it is denies the existence of any ultimate principles, and it lacks the optimism of there being a scientific, philosophical, or religious truth which will explain everything for everybody - a characterisitic of the so-called "modern" mind. The paradox of the postmodern position is that, in placing all principles under the scrutiny of its skepticism, it must realize that even its own principles are not beyond questioning. As the philospher Richard Tarnas states, postmodernism "cannot on its own principles ultimately justify itself any more than can the various metaphysical overviews against which the postmodern mind has defined itself."

Basically, postmodern science shies away from trying to create a 'unified truth' and rather focuses on the here and now and what is can be 'deduced' from that. The trouble is this leads to science by agreed consensus of observation and trust - rather than the traditional scientific approach of knowledge advancement by experimentation and proving of a hypothesis - i.e. the scientific method. 

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