Article ID: CBB669137174

A Contextual Concept of Science (2016)

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The contextual concept of science regards a scientific theory as a whole simulation for the mechanism of natural world under the given context. It argues that a scientific theory is to understand the reality only in the sense of intentionality in the process of reality simulation, rather than to describe reality in the sense of one-to-one correspondence. This concept of understanding reality is totally different from that of describing reality. Compared with the realist approaches and the anti-realist approach, the contextual approach has the following advantages: (1) it contributes to bridge the communication between the preachers of scientism and the humanists; (2) it has helped to solve the problem of underdetermination faced by scientific realism; (3) it is relatively easy to understand the correction about the concept and theory; (4) it could reflect the true process of science more properly. Therefore, it is a more promising and convincing new perspective to understand science.

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Authors & Contributors
Wainer, Juan Manuel Garrido
Hirmas, Natalia
Espinosa-Cristia, Juan Felipe
Peden, Knox
Estellita-Lins, Carlos
Trujillo, Nicolás
Concepts
Theory (philosophy)
Philosophy of science
Methodology of science; scientific method
Experimental method
Historiography
Forecasting; prediction
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century, early
21st century
20th century
18th century
19th century
Places
Chile
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