ON THE STRUGGLE OF SCIENTISTS WITH THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVIST MYTHS FUNCTIONING IN THE LIFE SCIENCES

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine whether the “seven myths” identified and presented by Uroboros in “In venenoso Dracone …,” more than thirty years ago still function in the academic community. It also aims to address whether there are indications that this state has undergone a change. It seems that naturalists found that excessive adherence to a physicalist style of doing science severely limits research work. At the same time, scientists often grapple with the consequences of implementing physicalism and stumble while addressing philosophical issues.

Keywords

• positivist mythology
• meta-scientific and meta-philosophical mythology
• philosophy of biology
• philosophy of protobiology
• research on the origins of life