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Constructivist Realism Study

Posted on:2003-11-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H M XieFull Text:PDF
GTID:2190360062496252Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Reality Problem is always concerned and discussed in the history of philosophy of science. The basis of Constructive Realism is such a presupposition that objectivity is constructed and there is no given objectivity. Constructive Realism claims that we should understand scientific activities as the constructions of microworld and brings out new concepts of reality that are called as reality and environment, so that we can find out an approach for the Reality Problem which puzzles scientific realism. Through bringing out a new concept Constructive Realism strongly rejects the opinion of scientific realism claiming that scientific theories descript reality. At the same time it insists that scientific activities are the process of constructions. Besides constructions, the more important tasks for scientists are to strangify their microworld and make more cooperation and communication with others from different disciplines. Constructive Realism has tried to establish an epistemological framework for the interdisciplinary scientific cooperation through revealing several important concepts, such as microworld, reality, environment, construction and strangification.My paper is composed of four parts. The first part simply introduces the producing process, background of its history, present situation of the research of Constructive Realism and the main purpose of this paper. The second part analyzes some main concepts on ontological level in detail. The third part deeply discusses the strategy of construction and the strangification, which is the basis of methodology. In the last part of the paper, the author makes brief evaluation to Constructive Realism.
Keywords/Search Tags:microworld, reality, environment, construction, strangification
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