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Systematicity : the nature of science /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Historical Remarks""; ""1.2 The Question “What Is Science?� in Focus""; ""2. Main Thesis""; ""2.1 Science and Systematicity""; ""2.1.1 A Little History""; ""2.1.2 Preliminary Remarks""; ""2.2 The Concept of Systematicity""; ""2.3 The Structure of Argument""; ""3. The Systematicity of Science Unfolded""; ""3.1 Descriptions""; ""3.1.1 Some Preliminaries""; ""3.1.2 Axiomatization""; ""3.1.3 Classification, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature""; ""3.1.4 Periodization""; ""3.1.5 Quantification""; ""3.1.6 Empirical Generalizations""
- 3.1.7 Historical Descriptions3.2 Explanations
- 3.2.1 Some Preliminaries
- 3.2.2 Explanations Using Empirical Generalizations
- 3.2.3 Explanations Using Theories
- 3.2.4 Explanations of Human Actions
- 3.2.5 Reductive Explanations
- 3.2.6 Historical Explanations
- 3.2.7 Explanation and Understanding in Humanities in General
- 3.2.8 Explanations in Study of Literature
- 3.3 Predictions
- 3.3.1 Some Preliminaries
- 3.3.2 Predictions Based on Empirical Regularities of Data in Question
- 3.3.3 Predictions Based on Correlations with Other Data Sets
- 3.3.4 Predictions Based on (Fundamental) Theories or Laws3.3.5 Predictions Based on Models
- 3.3.6 Predictions Based on Delphi Methods
- 3.4 The Defense of Knowledge Claims
- 3.4.1 Some Preliminaries
- 3.4.2 Nonevidential Considerations
- 3.4.3 Empirical Generalizations, Models, and Theories
- 3.4.4 Causal Influence
- 3.4.5 The Verum Factum Principle
- 3.4.6 The Role of Mathematics in Sciences
- 3.4.7 Historical Sciences
- 3.5 Critical Discourse
- 3.5.1 Some Preliminaries
- 3.5.2 Norms and Institutions
- 3.5.3 Practices in Science Fostering Critical Discourse3.6 Epistemic Connectedness
- 3.6.1 Preliminaries: The Problem
- 3.6.2 Failing Answers
- 3.6.3 The Concept of Epistemic Connectedness
- 3.6.4 Revisiting Examples
- 3.7 The Ideal of Completeness
- 3.7.1 Some Preliminaries
- 3.7.2 Examples
- 3.8 The Generation of New Knowledge
- 3.8.1 Some Preliminaries
- 3.8.2 Data Collection
- 3.8.3 The Exploitation of Knowledge from Other Domains
- 3.8.4 The Generation of New Knowledge as an Autocatalytic Process
- 3.9 The Representation of Knowledge
- ""3.9.1 Some Preliminaries""""3.9.2 Examples""; ""4. Comparison with Other Positions""; ""4.1 Aristotle""; ""4.1.1 The Position""; ""4.1.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.2 René Descartes""; ""4.2.1 The Position""; ""4.2.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.3 Immanuel Kant""; ""4.3.1 The Position""; ""4.3.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.4 Logical Empiricism""; ""4.4.1 The Position""; ""4.4.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.5 Karl R. Popper""; ""4.5.1 The Position""; ""4.5.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.6 Thomas S. Kuhn""