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Science: Science is a systematic process of acquiring knowledge about the natural world through observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing. It is based on the assumption that the universe is governed by natural laws that can be discovered through scientific inquiry. See also Method, Review, Knowledge, Verification, Confirmation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Wilhelm Windelband on Science - Dictionary of Arguments
Wright I 19 Science/Windelband/Wright, G. H.: Windelband coined the term "nomothetical" for sciences in search of laws and "ideogaphic" for the descriptive investigation of individuality. (W. Windelband, Geschichte und Naturwissenschaft, 1894, 1904)(1). >Laws, >Natural laws; >Causality, >Events, >Process, >Observation, >Experiments, >Method. 1. Windelband, Wilhelm: Geschichte und Naturwissenschaft, 3. Auflage. Straßburg: Heitz 1904._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Windelband I W. Windelband Lehrbuch der Geschichte der Philosophie Tübingen 1993 WrightCr I Crispin Wright Truth and Objectivity, Cambridge 1992 German Edition: Wahrheit und Objektivität Frankfurt 2001 WrightCr II Crispin Wright "Language-Mastery and Sorites Paradox" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 WrightGH I Georg Henrik von Wright Explanation and Understanding, New York 1971 German Edition: Erklären und Verstehen Hamburg 2008 |