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Demarcation Of Science Philosophy Research

Posted on:2008-10-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B X YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2190360245455728Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Science philosophers were in the embarrassing situation of the debate about the issue of science demarcation in the late 20th century.The rise of philosophy of scientific practice in recent years,despite which didn't explicitly mention the demarcation issue,it was logistic to lead to the issue consequentially.The philosophy of science practice raised the totally different perspective compared with the traditional science philosophy:Science was the field of practice activities;Science was the practice in the main and fundamental sense; Science practice was local,social inevitably;Science was as well as a cultural phenomenon. This paper attempts to re-examine the philosophy of philosophy of science demarcation from the perspective of science and practical philosophy.Whose purpose is to have a clean-up about the pre-set and basis in the field of science philosophy,have a further understanding for science demarcation and provide the new pre-set and basis for thedemarcation.Western science philosophy only considered the demarcation as the theory issue,which was an important reason for them to show this or that theory deviation. Science demarcation was not an academic question and needed to study and reflection from a practical level,practice was the basis for science demarcation.Treating science demarcation as a practice,other philosophy of the philosophy of relevant science demarcation had a solid logistic basis.As a practice,science demarcation includes subject, object,rules and results,and other factors.The premise of science demarcation is whether advocating the distinction among science,non-science and pseudo-science in principle. Although from logical positivism to postmodernism,having a growing call to digestion the demarcation,having been struggling in the discussion about the demarcation standards within science philosophy,the demarcation issue has not,nor should be digestion.There was an objective line between science and non-science,and science demarcation standard. The standard is effectiveness of practice and success of purpose,in the vision of science practice philosophy,which can be "scientific" knowledge to treat and study like the Chinese traditional knowledge.The main body of science demarcation was one of the basic issues of demarcation study.Science was an endemic situation of practice and a collective behavior,the participation of all relevant groups,including philosophers,scientists, government officials,the general public,policy makers,even radical,including financing, and so on,were the main body of science demarcation,which also was a scientific community,an expansion of the scientific community.The unit of science demarcation should be science practice,the field of science practice.Science,as a practice,a practice with local situation,was three-dimensional,complex,including community(expansion of the community),object of science research,equipment,as well as the results of scientific research in the past,social cultural elements,these elements themselves were a complex,changing system.So,traditional Chinese Medicine,even with a bit mysterious Fengshui activities,both of them can be as the units of demarcation.The standard of science demarcation had a closely relation with standard of philosophy of the philosophy,what standards of philosophy of the philosophy,what kinds of demarcation standards.In the vision of science practice philosophy,the Yuan standards should had following several items:the standard of science demarcation should be local firstly;the standards should be diversified;the standards can not be necessary and sufficient conditions;the standards can be the reunification of static and dynamic.
Keywords/Search Tags:science demarcation, philosophy of scientific practice, premise of science demarcation, main body of science demarcation, unit of science demarcation, rule of science demarcation
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