Systematicity

Produktbeschreibung

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. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* Preface


* 1 Introduction


* 1.1 Historical Remarks


* 1.2 The Question "What Is Science?" in Focus


* 2 The Main Thesis


* 2.1 Science and Systematicity


* A) A Little History


* B) Preliminary Remarks


* 2.2 The Concept of Systematicity


* 2.3 The Structure of the Argument


* 3 The Systematicity of Science Unfolded


* 3.1 Descriptions


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Axiomatization


* C) Classification, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature


* D) Periodization


* E) Quantification


* F) Empirical Generalizations


* G) Historical Descriptions


* 3.2 Explanations


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Explanations Using Empirical Generalizations


* C) Explanations Using Theories


* D) Explanations of Human Actions


* E) Reductive Explanations


* F) Historical Explanations


* G) Explanation and Understanding in the Humanities in General


* H) Explanations in the Study of Literature


* 3.3 Predictions


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Predictions Based on Empirical Regularities of the Data in Question


* C) Predictions Based on Correlations with Other Data Sets


* D) Predictions Based on (Fundamental) Theories or Laws


* E) Predictions Based on Models


* F) Predictions Based on Delphi Methods


* 3.4 The Defense of Knowledge Claims


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Non-Evidential Considerations


* C) Empirical Generalizations, Models, and Theories


* D) Causal Influence


* E) The Verum Factum Principle


* F) The Role of Mathematics in the Sciences


* G) Historical Sciences


* 3.5 Critical Discourse


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Norms and Institutions


* C) Practices in Science Fostering Critical Discourse


* 3.6. Epistemic Connectedness


* A) Preliminaries: The Problem


* B) Failing Answers


* C) The Concept of Epistemic Connectedness


* D) Revisiting the Examples


* 3.7 The Ideal of Completeness


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Examples


* 3.8 The Generation of New Knowledge


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Data Collection


* C) The Exploitation of Knowledge from Other Domains


* D) The Generation of New Knowledge as an Autocatalytic Process


* 3.9 The Representation of Knowledge


* A) Some Preliminaries


* B) Examples


* 4 Comparison with Other Positions


* 4.1 Aristotle


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 4.2 René Descartes


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 4.3 Immanuel Kant


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 4.4 Logical Empiricism


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 4.5 Karl R. Popper


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 4.6 Thomas S. Kuhn


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 4.7 Paul K. Feyerabend


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 4.8 Nicholas Rescher


* A) The Position


* B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory


* 5 Consequences for Scientific Knowledge


* 5.1 The Genesis and Dynamics of Science


* A) Conceptual Clarifications


* B) The Genesis of a Science


* C) The Dynamics of Science


* 5.2 Science and Common Sense


* A) The Preservation of Common Sense


* B) The Deviations from Common Sense


* C) Additional Remarks


* 5.3 Normative Consequences


* 5.4 Demarcation from Pseudo-Science


* A) A Little History


* B) Systematicity Theory's Demarcation Criterion


* 6 Conclusion


* Notes


* Literature


* Literature 

Autoreninfo

Paul Hoyningen-Huene is a philosopher of science with a PhD in theoretical physics teaching at the Institute of Philosophy at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. He is best known for his book Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science (1993).