What is a
scientific community?
A scientific community should consist of members who have a strong interest in science, and who state common aims of their scientific work. I expect an open mind and tolerance. A scientific community should be able to formulate its actions accurately and be open to discussions. But it must retain what makes science the discipline it is: high standards and freedom. In spite of all rationality and necessary scientific standards there should also be rights of intuition and flexibility in the standards. The maximum independence from the state, church, society and the economy goes without saying.
I feel myself as part of communities that follow this, independent of formal memberships. The communities below are communities I feel associated with in this way. I invite all who share my understanding of a scientific community to contact me, to keep the community alive, to link up existing communities, and to grow...
A scientific community should consist of members who have a strong interest in science, and who state common aims of their scientific work. I expect an open mind and tolerance. A scientific community should be able to formulate its actions accurately and be open to discussions. But it must retain what makes science the discipline it is: high standards and freedom. In spite of all rationality and necessary scientific standards there should also be rights of intuition and flexibility in the standards. The maximum independence from the state, church, society and the economy goes without saying.
I feel myself as part of communities that follow this, independent of formal memberships. The communities below are communities I feel associated with in this way. I invite all who share my understanding of a scientific community to contact me, to keep the community alive, to link up existing communities, and to grow...
http://www.inter-uni.net/
The Scientific and Medical Network SMN, Deutschland and international
http://www.smn-germany.de/
http://www.scimednet.org/
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.open.ac.uk/
Deutsches Kollegium für Transpersonale Psychologie und Psychotherapie
http://www.dktp.org/