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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... Human Scientists 27 Table 3.1: Typology of Selected Theories 94 Table 4.1: Typology of Strengths and Limitations Of Methods 138 PREFACE I have always been interdisciplinary in orientation, though I List of Tables vii List of Tables.
... Science, History of Science, and Social Studies of Science. Classification, it is often noted, is the first step in ... Human Science”, Issues in Integrative Studies, 2000, “Putting Social Structure in its Place, Schematically” Issues ...
... science cannot answer some of humanity's most profound questions. He advocates “an approach that draws both on the empirical knowledge derivable from the (various) sciences, and on the wisdom and insight into human nature that can be ...
... science will help to establish that the 5W approach is exhaustive, at least when classifying science. Of course, in ... human science phenomena,7 discuss how this can be 1. Classifying Science 5 The First “Cut” (and Plan of Work)
... human science” as the social and behavioral sciences, plus the humanities. Caws (1993) defines human science as the study of processes involving human agency. The list of human science phenomena in Table 2.1 provides a more precise ...
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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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