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|Question=What is '''individual level?''' How should it be ''defined?''
|Description=''Individual level'' is one of the key concepts in current scientonomy. Thus, its proper definition is of great importance. When analyzing the role of the individual level throughout the scientific change it is important to look at individual figures throughout the history of science. A lot of the times their views affected in a way the scientific mosaic of the time and their work allows us to understand the possible cause of the shift in methods and theories.
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2015
|Prehistory=Prior to the 20th century, epistemology of science has dealt primarily with how ''individuals'' produce and evaluate knowledge.[[CiteRef::Longino (2016a)|p. 4]] This focus on the knowledge of the individual characterizes both the empiricist tradition of Locke and Hume, and the rationalist tradition of Descartes and Leibniz.[[CiteRef::Longino (2016a)|p. 4]]
Despite the growing attention to the knowledge of ''social'' epistemic agents, many 20th century authors still focused on the belief systems of individual scientists (e.g. Feyerabend's focus on Galileo).[[CiteRef::Feyerabend (19751975a)]]) Even in the famous Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) project which aimed at testing theoretical claims against the historical data, most authors focused largely on individuals. For example, Finocchiaro sets to test some general claims bout the process of scientific change by focusing on the belief system of Galileo and his acceptance of Copernicanism.[[CiteRef::Donovan, Laudan, and Laudan (Eds.) (1988)|p. 18]]
|Related Topics=Scientific Mosaic, Mechanism of Scientific Change, Social Level,
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