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For some people science is the compulsory machinate of all fellowship. Is this view reasonable or does it regard a misunderstanding of science or of companionship?For many persons science is considered the supreme form of all knowledge, as science is based on facts and theories and it reaches its results finished an approved scientific method. Consequently, it seems to be objective and thus more truthful and reliable. However, other persons argue that this is a misunderstanding of science. Hence, one should question what science and knowledge entail. Can there actually be some form of knowledge that overrules all other types of human knowledge? Is scientific knowledge actually unendingly objective? Are there other types of knowledge of equal worth? This essay will discuss the views presented mainly using examples from biology and history and equivalence them to the different ways of knowing, i.e. perception, reasoning, emotion and language to try and reach a conclusion on wh ether scientific knowledge really is a higher form of knowledge.Firstly, before attempting to discuss the topic at hand, it is important to define the terms knowledge, science and supreme. According to Websters encyclopaedic Dictionary knowledge is defined as the acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles gained by sight, experience, or investigation1. Science is a branch of knowledge that has purpose to describe, explain, understand, investigate, predict, and control2. The term supreme is defined as the highest in rank, role, and/or quality3. Now, to put these definitions in context, one must recognise that scientific knowledge, to have the status of the highest in authority and quality, it has to be reliable and consistent with reality. And since scientific knowledge is based upon investigations and observations of the environment around us (i.e. reality), it must be supreme. However, what can be questioned is the degree of success within different types of sciences, and in this essay the comparison will be limited to one natural science (biology) and one social science (history). biology could be considered the supreme form of knowledge, as a large proportion of what we know is based upon observations and investigations of the world around us, thus inductive reasoning. Lets consider the example of organs in living organisms its a scientific fact that most living org... ... our perceptions, way of reasoning, and the language used, thus the scientific knowledge we have created is also subjective.Bibliography BooksAbel, Reuben. Man Is the Measure. vernal York The Free Press, 1976.Acton, Edward. Rethinking the Russian Revolution. Arnold Publishers, 1990.Pipes, Richard. Den Ryska Revolutionen. Stockholm Natur och Kultur, 1990.DictionariesWebsters Encyclopaedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. 1989, Gramerce Book, New York.1 Websters Encyclopaedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. 1989, Gramerce Book, New York. p. 792.2 Abel, R euben. Man Is the Measure. New York The Free Press, 1976. p. 823 Websters Encyclopaedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. 1989, Gramerce Book, New York. p. 1430.4 Pipes, Richard. Den Ryska Revolutionen. Stockholm Natur och Kultur, 1990. p. 1615 Acton, Edward. Rethinking the Russian Revolution. Arnold Publishers, 1990. p. 2386 Abel, Reuben. Man Is the Measure. New York The Free Press, 1976. p. 82 copyright 2005 Cassandra Flavius (FictionPress ID375156). All rights reserved. Distribution of any kind is prohibited without the written consent of Cassandra Flavius.