A New Vision of Science :: Science Scientific Papers

A New Vision of ScienceABSTRACT tralatitious convictions regarding skill (such as universalism, necessity and eternal validity) are currently in doubt. Relativism figurems to destroy scientific claims to rationality. This paper shows a way to keep the traditional convictions of scientific knowledge while acknowledging relativism. With reference to the practicing scientist, we replace descriptivism with constructivism we modify carnal knowledge validity with the claim to intellectual and, we offer methodological strategies for acquiring understanding. These strategies we entreat strangification, which means taking a scientific proposition system off of its context and putting it in another context. We can thus see the implicit presuppositions of the given proposition system by means of the problems arising emerge of the application of this procedure. Such a change in the understanding of recognition holds important consequences. There is a personal background for the virgin understanding of science I am proposing in this article. These ideas that are now comprised at bottom the notion Constructive realness abide been developed over the lowest twenty years during interactions and in cooperatio with other scientists. Now I am giving them my voice for a couple of short arguments why this new understanding isneeded today. It should be mentioned that the dialogue with my former friends from the Vienna Circle hs, to any(prenominal) extent, been important in this process. The Vienna Circle was so complex and encompassed so many different ideas that some traces of what I am argueing can be found there. Presently, however, my own understanding of sciencehas departed crucially from what is usually considered as the Vienna Circles stance toward science. Without being aware of it, the Vienna Circle was the cultivation great attempt for a rational metaphysics of science. It was trying to establish a correspondence of purified human mind with the world. Probab ly, this is why they argued so sharply against traditional, i.e. ridiculous metaphysics. Contrary to the declared position of most of the Vienna Circles members, however, Constructive Realism does not struggle against metaphysics. I appreciated very much the mannikin of Erwin Schrdinger because it has wonderfully shown in which degree a scientist is influenced by his metaphysical background. Checking the bckgound of scientific doing one is getting a lot of impressions about metaphysical world.comcepts, metaphysical concepts of knowledge etc. If we lay aside our apprehension to touch metaphysics, science can even bepushed forward by it. In fact we should have many metaphysics. They are offereing unusual perspectives and this is exactly what science needs to progress.