THE HEURISTIC AND METHODOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE CONCEPT “SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION”
THE HEURISTIC AND METHODOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE CONCEPT “SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION”
Author(s): Valentin K. Pukhlikov, Adela Alina IvanSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: revolution; scientific revolution; paradigm; philosophical foundation of science; theoretical and empirical discoveries; metaphor
Summary/Abstract: The concept of revolution in science is widely used in philosophy of science. We be-lieve that the concept of revolution was borrowed from social-political literature and without any philosophical analysis was transferred to history of science. For this reason, attempts to transform that concept into an efficient instrument of building a theory of the development of scientific knowledge cannot be successful. This concept is nothing more than a metaphor for emphasizing empirical and theoretical discoveries of great significance in the history of science.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 103-109
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
