HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Flashcards
Concerned with the theory of knowledge in philosophical inquiry or how knowledge came to be
Epistemology
Aims to discover the meaning of knowledge & called it the ‘true beginning of philosophy’
Epistomology
Emphasizes the importance of priori reasoning
Rationalism
Deductive logic and Theory-then-research approach
Rationalism
Scientific knowledge is derived only from sensory experience (seeing, feeling, hearing facts)
Empiricism
Use of objective and tangible data & Research-then-theory strategy & Inductive type of reasoning
Empiricism
Positivism emerged as the dominant view of modern science.
Early 20th Century
Increasing use of computers which permits the analysis of large data
Early 20th Century
Phenomenological Approach reduces observations or text to the meanings of phenomena independent of their particular context. This approach focuses on the lived meaning of experiences.
Late 20th Century
“Human beings do science.” (Gale 1979)
Science as a Social Enterprise
Science progresses by the diversity of dialogue within the discipline of nursing.
Science as a Social Enterprise
Branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge in philosophical inquiry or how knowledge came to be
Epistemology
Inductive type of reasoning and Research-then-theory strategy
Empiricism
In the late 20th century, how does empiricists view phenomena?
Objectively
Who stayed in the hospital at Biac na Bato to care for wounded soldiers
Trinidad Tecson
