xploration of Cognitive Virtues and Contextual Virtues within Various Scientific Theories and their Applications Scientific theories and hypotheses possess characteristics indicate to be the main properties within them and it is what makes them distinctive. These core virtues became the essential initial frameworks to construct viable scientific theories. Currently, many have categorized virtues according to their purposes and consideration of other factors. Therefore, establishing cognitive virtues and contextual virtues. With those criteria, many classify Kuhn’s traditional virtue to be cognitive virtues. Whereas, the alternative virtues proposed by Longino are considered as contextual virtues. However, in “Gender, Politics, and the Theoretical …show more content…
Virtues which are not considered as cognitive are by default identified as contextual. An example of contextual virtues is Longino six feminist’s virtues: empirical adequacy, novelty, ontological heterogeneity, the complexity of interaction, applicability to human needs, and diffusion of power. Many have compared Longino’s alternative virtues to Kuhn’s to exhibit the distinctions between contextual and cognitive …show more content…
Ontological heterogeneity organized the main theory in various species sub-categories, thus creating niches within the main overarching theory. Thus, concising the overarching broader theory into several concise theories. Medicine back in the day are based on the male anatomy and their data will the standard for everything. Hence, causing many medicines be only meant for men. This caused many women’s illnesses to be misdiagnosed and be untreated. In this scenario, ontological heterogeneity exhibits cognitive aspects proven with the establishment of specialized medicine, which is only possible with the acceptance of there being different categories within