The structure of scientific knowledge
Loading...
Date
2007
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
This paper makes a theoretical critique of the concept of scientific
knowledge. The classical conception of scientific knowledge has been
discussed and analyzed in the first section. In the second section,
emerging conception of the scientific knowledge has been explored. The
author hopes to show on the basis of veritable critique from different
philosophers of science as well as scientist (Kuhn, 1967, Polanyi, 1983,
Prigogine, 1984), that the structure of scientific knowledge, the way it
is interpreted and legitimized, is not only shaped by the personal and
cultural orientations of its practitioners but also by the larger cultural
context, in which it is carried out.
Description
Keywords
Tacit Structures, Dissipative Structures, Classical Conception
Citation
Journal of History & Philosophy of Science, 13(1): 9-16, 2007