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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... identify the theories and methods relevant to a particular question. This book can aid this process immensely, by not only identifying the full range of possibilities, but describing what uses particular theories and methods best serve ...
... identified without some sense of personality dimensions. Classification of science is likewise essential to its study.1 The burgeoning philosophy of science literature has identified some broad distinctions such as “nomothetic” versus ...
... identify an exhaustive set of types of science, as the periodic table identifies an exhaustive set of possible chemical elements. This would provide insight into the possibilities and limits of the scientific enterprise.3 Such a ...
... identify different types of science, while guides to classification are developed that help structure and even identify types. The roles of induction and deduction more generally in science are discussed in chapter 4. Aristotle identified ...
... identify the various types of theory that might be employed in scientific investigation, and then discuss their ... identification of the relative strengths and weaknesses of different methods. Note that questions of 'where' and 'when' a ...
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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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