{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2035290346","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","title":"Implications of postmodernism for science, or, science as progressive discourse","display_name":"Implications of postmodernism for science, or, science as progressive discourse","publication_year":1994,"publication_date":"1994-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2035290346","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","mag":"2035290346"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S168863630","display_name":"Educational Psychologist","issn_l":"0046-1520","issn":["0046-1520","1532-6985"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-a","erih-plus","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Educational Psychologist","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035438119","display_name":"Carl Bereiter","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Carl Bereiter","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5035438119"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":32.9244,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":274,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99626725,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"29","issue":"1","first_page":"3","last_page":"12"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","score":0.9731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","score":0.9731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10778","display_name":"Philosophy and History of Science","score":0.004399999976158142,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11477","display_name":"Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics","score":0.00419999985024333,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/postmodernism","display_name":"postmodernism","score":0.9810000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scientific-objectivity","display_name":"scientific objectivity","score":0.828000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/progressive-discourse","display_name":"progressive discourse","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scientific-progress","display_name":"scientific progress","score":0.8240000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scientific-knowledge","display_name":"scientific knowledge","score":0.5270000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/elite-consensus","display_name":"elite consensus","score":0.7269999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/misconceptions","display_name":"misconceptions","score":0.7110000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/research-methodology","display_name":"research methodology","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scientific-authority","display_name":"scientific authority","score":0.628000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/philosophy-of-science","display_name":"philosophy of science","score":0.7089999914169312}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2482559","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206330","display_name":"Objectivity (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.8607966303825378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775987171","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192797","display_name":"Elite","level":3,"score":0.7949163913726807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509535802","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47783","display_name":"Postmodernism","level":2,"score":0.7712990641593933},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778449503","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329777","display_name":"Appeal","level":2,"score":0.7600667476654053},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.7299709320068359},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.47239941358566284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.4668714702129364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.25022581219673157},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.21824294328689575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.15179520845413208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.09489431977272034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep2901_1","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S168863630","display_name":"Educational Psychologist","issn_l":"0046-1520","issn":["0046-1520","1532-6985"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-a","erih-plus","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Educational Psychologist","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.5199999809265137,"display_name":"Quality education"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306183","display_name":"James S. McDonnell Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/03dy4aq19"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306518","display_name":"Spencer Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/00rdpwj76"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320339","display_name":"University of Birmingham","ror":"https://ror.org/03angcq70"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332237","display_name":"Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f54p054"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W612243507","https://openalex.org/W1528369519","https://openalex.org/W1594679514","https://openalex.org/W2033799834","https://openalex.org/W2059086756","https://openalex.org/W2064511262","https://openalex.org/W2083246640","https://openalex.org/W2118084521","https://openalex.org/W2274685874","https://openalex.org/W4378772075","https://openalex.org/W6653183970","https://openalex.org/W6786077589","https://openalex.org/W6808950274"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2065561905","https://openalex.org/W7001159779","https://openalex.org/W2330375382","https://openalex.org/W4231578615","https://openalex.org/W6983143728","https://openalex.org/W1828895407","https://openalex.org/W4405281890","https://openalex.org/W7100830258","https://openalex.org/W4410963556","https://openalex.org/W2796549080"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Postmodernism's":[0],"rejecting":[1],"of":[2,5,22,38,78,95,106],"the":[3,117],"possibility":[4],"an":[6,35,47],"objective":[7,63],"stance":[8],"has":[9],"led":[10],"some":[11],"educators":[12],"to":[13,62,83,86],"begin":[14],"treating":[15],"scientific":[16,110],"knowledge":[17],"as":[18,97],"merely":[19],"a":[20,53,76,84],"matter":[21],"elite":[23,118],"consensus":[24,119],"(\"Most":[25],"scientists":[26],"believe":[27],"that":[28,55,81],"...\").":[29],"Objectivity,":[30],"I":[31,69],"argue,":[32],"is":[33,46,52],"not":[34],"essential":[36],"claim":[37],"science,":[39],"but":[40],"progress":[41,87],"is.":[42],"Whether":[43],"theory":[44,50],"B":[45],"improvement":[48],"over":[49],"A":[51],"question":[54],"can":[56],"be":[57],"discussed":[58],"profitably":[59],"without":[60],"appeal":[61],"truth.":[64],"Such":[65],"discussion":[66],"constitutes":[67],"what":[68],"call":[70],"progressive":[71,98],"discourse,":[72],"which":[73],"depends":[74],"on":[75],"set":[77],"quasi-moral":[79],"commitments":[80],"amount":[82],"devotion":[85],"in":[88],"knowledge.":[89],"Among":[90],"other":[91],"things,":[92],"this":[93],"view":[94],"science":[96],"discourse":[99],"provides":[100],"more":[101],"sensible":[102],"and":[103,112],"humane":[104],"ways":[105],"dealing":[107],"with":[108],"misconceptions,":[109],"methodology,":[111],"authoritative":[113],"texts":[114],"than":[115],"does":[116],"view.":[120]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}