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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... by such classifications: to alert scholars and students to the range of possibilities, to allow them to place their present studies within a larger vision of the scientific enterprise, and to encourage interdisciplinary exploration.
... science itself the 5W questions suggest that the scientific enterprise is best understood in terms of phenomena, data, theory, method, and practice (in chapter 1). The 5W questions are used in chapter 2 to provide guidance in scientific ...
... scientific theories and methods to analyze a particular subset of phenomena. It is argued that both types of research are essential to the scientific enterprise. Specialized communities of scholars can accomplish much because of their ...
... enterprise can feasibly be pursued, and the advantages of doing so. The book ... scientific community of which they are part is pursuing a progressive ... scientific enterprise, will make such scientists even more productive. All ...
... Enterprise,” Journal of General Education 52:1, 2003. The classification of ethical approaches in chapter 5 is developed in more detail, and applied, in “Politics and the Five Types of Ethical Theory,” International Journal of Politics ...
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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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