Universal Priors to Science: Draft #1

Argues that it is time to reconsider what constitutes a science and how to detect and prevent bad sciences from becoming a force in the misallocation of public and private funds. Introduces concept of “Universal Priors” to the definition of science, leading to the assertion that a basic reorganization of all human knowledge and thinking is both desirable and inevitable. Concludes with an outline of that reorganization, which is called "DOMAIN OF SCIENCE."

Universal Priors Draft #1 is the first of two papers Warfield wrote using the same title, but EACH title had a different sub-title, and they are two completely different papers. Draft #1 was written first, in January 1988. It is an unpublished manuscript which was never even given at a conference. However, I should add that much of the material in Draft #1 was published later. For example, both Figure 1 (Domain of Science model) and Table 1 are published in ASOGD, and also in journal articles. ANNOTATION FOR UNIVERSAL PRIORS DRAFT #1: Declaring that "now is the time to take a fresh look at what constitutes a science, how a science can be assessed and how bad science or non-science can be detected and prevented from becoming a force in misallocation of public and private funds", this paper introduces the concept of "Universal Priors" to the definition of science, leading to the assertion that a basic reorganization of all human knowledge and thinking is both desirable and inevitable, and concluding with an outline of that reorganization, which is called "DOMAIN OF SCIENCE." A drawing of the Domain of Science model is shown in Figure 1 of the paper. Table 1 of this same paper is the first appearance that I know of Warfield's one-page outline titled "Types of Relationships and Examples of Each," in which both transitive and non-transitive relationships are grouped, cognitively, into "vertical," "horizontal" or "situation-specific" categories. These three categories are then shown in the table to be subdivided into six different operative types, which are "definitive," "comparative," "influence," "temporal," "spatial" and "mathematical." This draft #1 appears to be missing, but might be with the other paper in Box 35 Folder 15 "Universal Priors to Science: How the Liberal Arts Could Revitalize Science," [John N. Warfield], August 1988


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  • Category: Science
  • Size: 14 p
  • Description: Spiral bound manuscript with cover.
  • Publication Year: 1989
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