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In 'Systematicity', Paul Hoyningen-Huene answers the question 'What is science?' by proposing that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge especially from everyday knowledge, by being more systematic.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Historical Remarks""; ""1.2 The Question â€œWhat Is Science?â€? in Focus""; ""2. Main Thesis""; ""2.1 Science and Systematicity""; ""2.1.1 A Little History""; ""2.1.2 Preliminary Remarks""; ""2.2 The Concept of Systematicity""; ""2.3 The Structure of Argument""; ""3. The Systematicity of Science Unfolded""; ""3.1 Descriptions""; ""3.1.1 Some Preliminaries""; ""3.1.2 Axiomatization""; ""3.1.3 Classification, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature""; ""3.1.4 Periodization""; ""3.1.5 Quantification""; ""3.1.6 Empirical Generalizations""
3.1.7 Historical Descriptions3.2 Explanations -- 3.2.1 Some Preliminaries -- 3.2.2 Explanations Using Empirical Generalizations -- 3.2.3 Explanations Using Theories -- 3.2.4 Explanations of Human Actions -- 3.2.5 Reductive Explanations -- 3.2.6 Historical Explanations -- 3.2.7 Explanation and Understanding in Humanities in General -- 3.2.8 Explanations in Study of Literature -- 3.3 Predictions -- 3.3.1 Some Preliminaries -- 3.3.2 Predictions Based on Empirical Regularities of Data in Question -- 3.3.3 Predictions Based on Correlations with Other Data Sets
3.3.4 Predictions Based on (Fundamental) Theories or Laws3.3.5 Predictions Based on Models -- 3.3.6 Predictions Based on Delphi Methods -- 3.4 The Defense of Knowledge Claims -- 3.4.1 Some Preliminaries -- 3.4.2 Nonevidential Considerations -- 3.4.3 Empirical Generalizations, Models, and Theories -- 3.4.4 Causal Influence -- 3.4.5 The Verum Factum Principle -- 3.4.6 The Role of Mathematics in Sciences -- 3.4.7 Historical Sciences -- 3.5 Critical Discourse -- 3.5.1 Some Preliminaries -- 3.5.2 Norms and Institutions
3.5.3 Practices in Science Fostering Critical Discourse3.6 Epistemic Connectedness -- 3.6.1 Preliminaries: The Problem -- 3.6.2 Failing Answers -- 3.6.3 The Concept of Epistemic Connectedness -- 3.6.4 Revisiting Examples -- 3.7 The Ideal of Completeness -- 3.7.1 Some Preliminaries -- 3.7.2 Examples -- 3.8 The Generation of New Knowledge -- 3.8.1 Some Preliminaries -- 3.8.2 Data Collection -- 3.8.3 The Exploitation of Knowledge from Other Domains -- 3.8.4 The Generation of New Knowledge as an Autocatalytic Process -- 3.9 The Representation of Knowledge
""3.9.1 Some Preliminaries""""3.9.2 Examples""; ""4. Comparison with Other Positions""; ""4.1 Aristotle""; ""4.1.1 The Position""; ""4.1.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.2 RenÃ© Descartes""; ""4.2.1 The Position""; ""4.2.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.3 Immanuel Kant""; ""4.3.1 The Position""; ""4.3.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.4 Logical Empiricism""; ""4.4.1 The Position""; ""4.4.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.5 Karl R. Popper""; ""4.5.1 The Position""; ""4.5.2 Comparison with Systematicity Theory""; ""4.6 Thomas S. Kuhn""
New York : Oxford University Press, 2013