Koskinen, Inkeri and Kuorikoski, Jaakko and Pesonen, Renne and Reijula, Samuli and Rolin, Kristina (2026) Social epistemology of science as theoretical social science. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Naturalistic social epistemology has gone mainstream, but two of its central methods, case studies and modelling, are poorly understood. Even though case studies and modelling can be seen as two distinct approaches to social epistemology, both can be seen as mutually complementary methods for investigating social mechanisms relevant to the epistemic functioning of science. We argue, therefore, that naturalistic social epistemology of science should be seen as continuous with theoretical social science.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Koskinen, Inkeri inkeri.koskinen@helsinki.fi 0000-0002-9060-7011 Kuorikoski, Jaakko jaakko.kuorikoski@helsinki.fi 0000-0001-5676-717X Pesonen, Renne renne.pesonen@tuni.fi 0000-0001-6425-5772 Reijula, Samuli samuli.reijula@helsinki.fi 0000-0001-6968-5819 Rolin, Kristina kristina.rolin@tuni.fi 0000-0003-3893-7184
Keywords:	Methods in Philosophy of Science, Methods in Social Epistemology, Case Study Methods, Modelling Methods, Naturalistic Approaches to Philosophy of Science
Subjects:	General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
Depositing User:	Renne Pesonen
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2026 12:58
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2026 12:58
Item ID:	28782
Subjects:	General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
Date:	March 2026
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/28782

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