Posts filed under Epistemology

Frascati Spritzer

Tweaking the Frascati definitons of research types to highlight the role that each type of research plays in an economic cycle of knowledge production.  → 

Is Open Science Open Enough?

Open Science advocates want to accelerate scientific discovery, but should we instead emphasise opening up decision-making around the direction of scientific discovery?  → 

Redefining Science

Science isn't just a kind of knowledge or a way of acquiring knowledge. It is also a set of institutions. How does the value of professionalized science depend on its association with these institutions and why?  → 

Does Science Live in its Literature?

Neither philosophy nor sociology can satisfactorily describe science and neither is much use to scientists. Considering science as a literary phenomenon may overcome these shortcomings.  → 

Knowledge, Truth and Use Value

What is the relationship between knowing and believing? Is knowledge the possession of objective truth or is it more a matter of having the confidence to act?  →