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18 Οκτ 2024 · philosophy of science, the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the elements of scientific inquiry. This article discusses metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical issues related to the practice and goals of modern science.
Philosophy of science focuses on metaphysical, epistemic and semantic aspects of scientific practice, and overlaps with metaphysics, ontology, logic, and epistemology, for example, when it explores the relationship between science and the concept of truth.
Today, the philosophy of science continues to influence how we conduct research and interpret results. It offers a critical lens through which we can assess the validity, ethics, and impact of scientific discoveries.
This chapter introduces the philosophical foundations of the theory of science, locates the theory of science in the context and in distinction to other ‘sciences of science’, reconstructs attempts to determine science and scientificity more closely and to define the concept of ‘truth’.
The philosophy of science, a sub-branch of epistemology, is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including the natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, and biology, the social sciences such as psychology, history, and sociology, and sometimes—especially beginning ...
Philosophy of science emerged as a distinct area of professional philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. Its rise was fueled and deeply influenced by a movement known as logical positivism, which originated in Europe, principally Vienna and Berlin, in the 1920s.
21 Οκτ 2003 · Historians of philosophy of science investigate, among other things, Kant’s work in the conceptual foundations of physics — in particular, his matter theory, his theory of motion, and his account of the basic laws of mechanics.
