Whenever Numerous High-Quality Research Studies Provide Support for Both Sides

question 22

Multiple Choice

Whenever numerous high-quality research studies provide support for both sides of a scientific question, it is a good idea to:

• A) examine how the question is conceived and to suspect a false dichotomy.
• B) suspect that the people examining the question are making poor arguments.
• C) question the wisdom of the experts who are making the arguments.
• D) persist with the question, because research shows that strategy will lead to a solution.

---

Definitions:

Contradictions

Situations or propositions in which two or more opposing things are simultaneously present, often leading to conflict or dilemma.

Dialectical Philosophy

A philosophic approach emphasizing the process of thought resolving contradictions, often associated with the works of Marx and Hegel, among others.

Dialectical Philosophers

Thinkers who apply dialectical methods to examine contradictions in society, thought, and history, aiming to understand and enact change.

Structural-Functionalists

Sociologists who focus on understanding society as a complex system, where its components work together to maintain cohesion and order.