Systematicity : the nature of science /

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In 'Systematicity', Paul Hoyningen-Huene answers the question 'What is science?' by proposing that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge especially from everyday knowledge, by being more systematic.

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Nature of science
Introduction
Historical Remarks
The Question "What Is Science?" in Focus
The Main Thesis
Science and Systematicity
A Little History
Preliminary Remarks
The Concept of Systematicity
The Structure of the Argument
The Systematicity of Science Unfolded
Descriptions
Some Preliminaries
Axiomatization
Classification, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature
Periodization
Quantification
Empirical Generalizations
Historical Descriptions
Explanations
Explanations Using Empirical Generalizations
Explanations Using Theories
Explanations of Human Actions
Reductive Explanations
Historical Explanations
Explanation and Understanding in the Humanities in General
Explanations in the Study of Literature
Predictions
Predictions Based on Empirical Regularities of the Data in Question
Predictions Based on Correlations with Other Data Sets
Predictions Based on (Fundamental) Theories or Laws
Predictions Based on Models
Predictions Based on Delphi Methods
The Defense of Knowledge Claims
Nonevidential Considerations
Empirical Generalizations, Models, and Theories
Causal Influence
The Verum Factum Principle
The Role of Mathematics in the Sciences
Historical Sciences
Critical Discourse
Norms and Institutions
Practices in Science Fostering Critical Discourse
Epistemic Connectedness
Preliminaries: The Problem
Failing Answers
The Concept of Epistemic Connectedness
Revisiting the Examples
The Ideal of Completeness
Examples
The Generation of New Knowledge
Data Collection
The Exploitation of Knowledge from Other Domains
The Generation of New Knowledge as an Autocatalytic Process
The Representation of Knowledge
Comparison with Other Positions
Aristotle
The Position
Comparison with Systematicity Theory
René Descartes
Immanuel Kant
Logical Empiricism
Karl R. Popper
ThePosition
Thomas S. Kuhn
Paul K. Feyerabend
Nicholas Rescher
Consequences for Scientific Knowledge
The Genesis and Dynamics of Science
Conceptual Clarifications
The Genesis of a Science
The Dynamics of Science
Science and Common Sense
The Preservation of Common Sense
The Deviations from Common Sense
Additional Remarks
Normative Consequences
Demarcation from Pseudoscience
Systematicity Theory's Demarcation Criterion
Conclusion
1. Verfasser:
Hoyningen-Huene, Paul
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Zusammenfassung:
In 'Systematicity', Paul Hoyningen-Huene answers the question 'What is science?' by proposing that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge especially from everyday knowledge, by being more systematic.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages).
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
0-19-029833-2
1-299-46410-6
0-19-998506-5
Schlagworte:
Science > Philosophy.
Philosophy.
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