Reality as a Scientific Strategy: Revising Our Concepts of Science

Abstract

This article presents the author's views on scientific research. According to the author more and more of those who study science are coming to understand that to be scientific does not mean to be free of all biases, opinions and strong convictions. Rather, to be scientific is to be more aware of one's biases and how they influence what one studies. The author along with researcher James Emshoff worked out a method for strategic planning that explicitly recognizes the role that such biases play and that attempts to take positive advantage of them.