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Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 5 facts
claimHistorical epistemology is particularly concerned with scientific knowledge and practices associated with it.
perspectivePostmodern epistemology critiques the conditions of knowledge in advanced societies, specifically challenging the metanarrative that scientific knowledge constantly progresses toward a universal and foundational understanding of reality.
claimThe epistemology of science examines how scientific knowledge is generated and addresses problems in validating, justifying, and interpreting scientific claims, including how individual observations support universal scientific laws.
referenceKevin McCain and Kostas Kampourakis authored the preface to the book 'What Is Scientific Knowledge?: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science', published by Routledge in 2019.
claimAristotle (384–322 BCE) explored scientific knowledge by examining the role of sensory experience and the process of making inferences from general principles.
Naturalized epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 4 facts
claimW. V. O. Quine concludes that studies of scientific knowledge concerned with meaning or truth fail to achieve the Cartesian goal of certainty, noting the failure of those in or sympathetic to The Vienna Circle to reduce mathematics to pure logic.
claimW. V. O. Quine's version of naturalized epistemology considers reasons for doubt about the fruitfulness of traditional philosophic study of scientific knowledge, citing the failure of philosophers to find satisfactory answers to radical skepticism and David Hume's criticism of induction.
claimW. V. O. Quine concludes that scientific knowledge can at best be defined using less certain set-theoretic notions, and that constructing an encoding of scientific knowledge as logic and set theory is undermined by the inability to translate such encodings back into scientific knowledge.
claimIf no bidirectional translation between scientific knowledge and logical structures can be constructed, then the properties of purely logical and set-theoretic constructions do not usefully inform the understanding of scientific knowledge.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 2 facts
claimScientific knowledge of the world is insufficient to identify specific times ('now') or places ('here') because demonstrative concepts identify objects or times without providing descriptive content.
accountHarpo's scientific knowledge was insufficient to anticipate the experience of using demonstrative concepts, which are only accessible through direct experience.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 2 facts
Why organisations must embrace the 'open source' paradigm blogs.lse.ac.uk Jan 5, 2024 2 facts
claimSharing information accelerates the pace of co-innovation, facilitates interdisciplinary research, and expands the propagation of scientific knowledge.
claimSharing information accelerates the pace of co-innovation, facilitates inter- and multi-disciplinary research, and expands the propagation of scientific knowledge and research results.
“The Old Foods Are the New Foods!”: Erosion and Revitalization of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceR. W. Kimmerer authored the 2013 book 'Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants,' published by Milkweed Editions.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Feb 26, 2001 1 fact
referenceIn 'Knowing Science' (2022), Alexander Bird analyzes the epistemic nature of scientific knowledge and its social dimensions.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimTemporary mysterianism is a moderate version of mysterianism which holds that, given the current state of scientific knowledge, there is no explanation for why some physical states are conscious.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
perspectivePanpsychism is often viewed as an implausible doctrine against the backdrop of modern scientific knowledge of the physical world and the widespread desire to explain reality in physical terms.