Sale!

Systematicity The Nature of Science 1st Edition by Paul Hoyningen Huene ISBN 0199985057 9780199985050

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $35.00.

Systematicity The Nature of Science 1st Edition Paul Hoyningen-Huene Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Paul Hoyningen-Huene
ISBN(s): 9780199985050, 0199985057
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.89 MB
Year: 2013
Language: english
SKU: EB-5206250 Categories: , Tag:

Systematicity The Nature of Science 1st Edition by Paul Hoyningen Huene – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 0199985057, 9780199985050
Full download Systematicity The Nature of Science 1st Edition after payment

Product details:

ISBN 10: 0199985057 
ISBN 13: 9780199985050
Author: Paul Hoyningen Huene

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 everyday knowledge, by being more systematic. “Science” is here understood in the broadest possible sense, encompassing not only the natural sciences but also mathematics, the social sciences, and the humanities. The author develops his thesis in nine dimensions in which it is claimed that science is more systematic than other forms of knowledge: regarding descriptions, explanations, predictions, the defense of knowledge claims, critical discourse, epistemic connectedness, an ideal of completeness, knowledge generation, and the representation of knowledge. He compares his view with positions on the question held by philosophers from Aristotle to Nicholas Rescher. The book concludes with an exploration of some consequences of Hoyningen-Huene’s view concerning the genesis and dynamics of science, the relationship of science and common sense, normative implications of the thesis, and the demarcation criterion between science and pseudo-science.

Systematicity The Nature of Science 1st Table of contents:

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 Descriptions
3.2 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 Laws
3.3.5 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 Discourse
3.6 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
4.6.1 The Position
4.6.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory
4.7 Paul K. Feyerabend
4.7.1 The Position
4.7.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory
4.8 Nicholas Rescher
4.8.1 The Position
4.8.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory

5. Consequences for Scientific Knowledge
5.1 The Genesis and Dynamics of Science
5.1.1 Conceptual Clarifications
5.1.2 The Genesis of a Science
5.1.3 The Dynamics of Science
5.2 Science and Common Sense
5.2.1 The Preservation of Common Sense
5.2.2 The Deviations from Common Sense
5.2.3 Additional Remarks
5.3 Normative Consequences
5.4 Demarcation from Pseudoscience
5.4.1 A Little History
5.4.2 Systematicity Theory’s Demarcation Criterion

6. Conclusion

People also search for Systematicity The Nature of Science 1st:

systematicity the nature of science pdf
    
what are the nature of science
    
what is the nature of science explain
    
nature of science list
    
systematic study of nature

Tags: Paul Hoyningen Huene, Systematicity, Science