Gil-Riano, Sebastian and Hamilton, Vivien (2010) Editor's Introduction: Epistemic Boundaries. Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 3 (1). 1 - 8. ISSN 1913-0465
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As science studies scholars, one of our basic tasks is to draw the boundaries that will de?ne our units of inquiry and constrain the chronological and geographical limits of our studies. Without these boundaries, the categories of our analysis remain imprecise. Fortunately, we now have an extensive toolkit to help us with this task. With paradigms, research programs, epistemic cultures, or styles of reasoning, historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science now have a large set of resources for locating the ?ssures and discontinuities in science. The papers from the focused discussion of this issue of Spontaneous Generations present us with an opportunity to take a step back and examine the ways that science studies scholars are currently drawing boundaries. In reviewing the articles for this discussion, our aim as editors was to re?ect on what boundaries scholars were paying attention to and what use we can make of these boundaries.
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| Keywords: | Scientific Realism; Epistemic Issues; Epistemology of Science | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Jordan Miller | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2021 16:36 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2021 16:36 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 17927 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | The University of Toronto | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.4245/sponge.v3i1.11182 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 11 January 2010 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | 1 - 8 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 3 | |||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1913-0465 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17927 |
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