Scientific Models, Paradigms and Systems of Ecology: From Symbol Apparatuses to the Real
Scientific Models, Paradigms and Systems of Ecology: From Symbol Apparatuses to the Real

Summary/Abstract: An evolutionary framework of epistemology is presented where different paradigms offer different shadings of the ecological real. It is argued that better approximations will look cross-culturally and cross-temporally in order to increase the amount of scientifically fallible testing perspectives. General concepts are sought out, translating, for instance, a Homeric shield to a general human need for protection, and Mesopotamian agriculture to a need for sustenance. Once concepts are generalized, their recurrence becomes the best estimation of a human reality (protection, food) where the initial local abstractions (shield, agriculture) are more partial. Such inter-paradigmatic ideas are claimed to comprise a more sustainable view of science and interdisciplinary knowledge. (EZ)

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