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Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Today

Auf dem Weg zu einer empirischen Wissenschaftstheorie? Herausforderungen und (mögliche) Standards wissenschaftlicher Forschung heute
[journal article]

Knoblauch, Hubert
Baur, Nina
Steets, Silke
Marguin, Séverine

Abstract

The paper represents the introduction to a HSR Special Issue on the empirical theory of science (EToS). Given the massive refiguration of the (social) sciences and the need of knowledge about these changes for those who do science, the introduction suggests a way of studying the knowledge production... view more

The paper represents the introduction to a HSR Special Issue on the empirical theory of science (EToS). Given the massive refiguration of the (social) sciences and the need of knowledge about these changes for those who do science, the introduction suggests a way of studying the knowledge production of sciences in a way which has been suggested by various descriptive and empirical approaches in the social sciences, and to combine them with questions and issues about the normativity of science from the philosophy of science. The introduction also provides an overview on the contributions to the volume which elaborate the concept of empirical theory of science, provide cases for its application in various cases of scientific re-search, or discuss it with respect to other approaches in the social study of the social science.... view less

Keywords
philosophy of science; empirical research; science studies; sociology of knowledge; sociology of science; constructivism; knowledge production; social science

Classification
Philosophy of Science, Theory of Science, Methodology, Ethics of the Social Sciences
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology

Free Keywords
Empirical theory of science; social studies of science; science and technology studies; communicative constructivism; scientific research

Document language
English

Publication Year
2025

Page/Pages
p. 7-16

Journal
Historical Social Research, 50 (2025) 2

Issue topic
Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Across Disciplines and Cultures

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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