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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... argued that both types of research are essential to the scientific enterprise. Specialized communities of scholars can accomplish much because of their shared expertise, vocabulary, and sense of purpose. On their own, though, they will ...
... argued that if the 'How?' question were formulated as “How does science proceed?” rather than “How do scientists do science?,” a stronger distinction might be drawn: the 5W questions would interrogate the inputs into science, and 'How ...
... argued that the purpose of science was explanation, because scientists were concerned with answering 'Why?' questions. Scriven (1988) notes, though, that scientists engage each of the 5W questions with regard to the phenomena they study ...
... argued in chapter 2 that there is little or no place in the scientific enterprise for “concepts” that cannot be defined precisely in terms of phenomena, theory, or method. One huge advantage inherent in these varied efforts at ...
... argued that science, while imperfect, can and does enhance human understanding; while the errors and biases in science should be ameliorated they do not overwhelm the scientific enterprise. Second, how might science be improved? The ...
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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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