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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
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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