Classifying Science: Phenomena, Data, Theory, Method, PracticeSpringer Science & Business Media, 3. 11. 2007 - Počet stran: 288 Classification is the essential first step in science. The study of science, as well as the practice of science, will thus benefit from a detailed classification of different types of science. In this book, science - defined broadly to include the social sciences and humanities - is first unpacked into its constituent elements: the phenomena studied, the data used, the theories employed, the methods applied, and the practices of scientists. These five elements are then classified in turn. Notably, the classifications of both theory types and methods allow the key strengths and weaknesses of different theories and methods to be readily discerned and compared. Connections across classifications are explored: should certain theories or phenomena be investigated only with certain methods? What is the proper function and form of scientific paradigms? Are certain common errors and biases in scientific practice associated with particular phenomena, data, theories, or methods? The classifications point to several ways of improving both specialized and interdisciplinary research and teaching, and especially of enhancing communication across communities of scholars. The classifications also support a superior system of document classification that would allow searches by theory and method used as well as causal links investigated. |
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... appreciate the advice contained herein: those in graduate school or early in their careers who are still finding their way in the scientific enterprise; those who have come to appreciate that their research could benefit from a broader ...
... appreciated the opportunity to discuss this endeavor with a wide range of scholars. I also made a presentation to the Science and Humanities Circle at the University of Alberta; I would thank Pamela Asquith and Andrew Ede for guiding me ...
... appreciated that, “Classification [of science] is itself the business of a science, but which science?” (Kent, 1987, 18). Peirce was scandalized that “there was no agreement as to what constituted a science for classification. Nor was ...
... appreciate the importance of exploring causal links, and realize that all phenomena have diverse influences. Crucially, they gain both an organizing system on which to hang diverse bits of understanding, and an appreciation of those ...
... “explanation” requires a narrative approach; he, and Boylan and O'Gorman in turn, nevertheless appreciate that such a narrative will be grounded in theory. 10 Hall and Hall (1996), following Gilbert, argue that there 6 Chapter 1.
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Classifying Phenomena and Data | 23 |
Classifying Theory | 51 |
Classifying Method | 99 |
Classifying Practice | 155 |
Drawing Connections Across | 199 |
Classifying Scientific Documents | 217 |
Concluding Remarks | 239 |
References | 269 |
Index 279 | 278 |
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