A tudományfilozófiai elméletek és az értékkutatások kapcsolata
The relationship between scientific philosophical theories and value research

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine, in what extent the mainstream approaches of scientific theories can be applied on the field of the value-research. Therefore, I will examine these models through the lense of scientific philosophical approaches of 20th century. Of the three most significant philosophical theory (Popper’s falsification theory, Kuhn’s paradigm theory, and Imre Lakatos’s theory of scientific research programs), I apply Lakatos’s theory, since it fits the best to explain, how parallel research streams emerged on the field of value research. In this study I strive for conciliate Lakatos’s program and the three significant value models. In the scientific research program theory Lakatos found that many research programs coexist simultaneously. Each has a hard core or negative heuristic (as Lakatos calls it) of theories immune to any revision surrounded by a protective belt or positive heuristic of malleable theories. Every research program vies against others to be most progressive. In my opinion the core of the program is the value definition itself, which is used by the different researchers in the field of value studies. This value definition barely changed during the past few decades. On the other hand, there are numerous value models aimed to assess people’s value system. These models can be considered as the protective belt revolving around the hardcore definition. The aim of this paper is not to emphasize Lakatos’ theory from the philosophical approaches of science, but to examine value research through a philosophical eye. This approach also can ease the communication between the value research by exploring the common core of them.

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