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Ontology of Scientific Change (view source)
Revision as of 04:08, 17 January 2017
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|Question=What is the '''ontology''' of scientific change? What are the fundamental ''elements'' that undergo scientific change?
|Topic Type=Descriptive
|Description=In principle, the process of scientific change can concern many different types of entities. One important question is to establish the most fundamental units that undergo scientific change. Over the years, it has been argued that the fundamental units of scientific change include theories ([[Karl Popper|Popper]]), paradigms ([[Thomas Kuhn|Kuhn]]), research programmes ([[Imre Lakatos|Lakatos]]), research traditions (early-[[Larry Laudan|Laudan]]), methods ([[Thomas Kuhn|Kuhn]], [[Dudley Shapere|Shapere]], later-[[Larry Laudan|Laudan]]), and values ([[Thomas Kuhn|Kuhn]], later [[Larry Laudan|Laudan]]).
Any descriptive theory of scientific change needs to establish a basic ontology of scientific change.
