Measuring scientific, epistemological and religious beliefs present in unam scientists

Abstract

When the history of humanity is studied undoubtedly there's the importance of beliefs in the development of the human species, since no behavior can exist without them. Given this, the aims of the study involved the construction of a measurement scale for scientific, epistemological and religious beliefs present in UNAM scientists. In order to know the differences by degree and field of study. The study involved a total of 260 scientists. A 48 item scale was built with three factors that explain the 65% of the total variance with a a = 0.895. The results show that the UNAM scientists believe in the scientific and epistemological principles as the best explanations towards issues about the order of the reality phenomena, the world and themselves. Further more, some believe that religion gives man the meaning of life.