Book chapter
The Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge: Macroscopic Views
Representing Scientific Knowledge, pp 37-55
28 Nov 2017
Abstract
Macroscopic theories of scientific change are holistic views of what drives the creation and acceptance of scientific knowledge. At the grand scale of scientific communities, such theories offer a conceptual framework for analyzing the development of a scientific discipline through philosophical, sociological, and problem solving perspectives. As mental models, however, these models of scientific processes are subject to pitfalls and biases that may hinder our analytic reasoning. Integrating theoretical and empirical studies has the potential to help us reach a new level of understanding the dynamics of scientific knowledge. Three major theories of scientific change are presented from philosophical, sociological, and problem-solving perspectives to highlight distinct concepts and expectations as well as shared characteristics.
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- Title
- The Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge: Macroscopic Views
- Creators
- Chaomei Chen - Drexel UniversityMin Song - Yonsei University
- Publication Details
- Representing Scientific Knowledge, pp 37-55
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Number of pages
- 19
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Other Identifier
- 991019196448104721