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What are the terms for various ontological positions? Are realism and relativism ontological positions? If yes, what do they mean?

I have decided that Constructionism is going to be my epistemology, after I read Crotty (1998). He does not explicitly mention the ontologcial variations.

05 May 2014 2,343 21 View

Is reproducibility really essential to science?

See abstract of the paper. Obviously this is posted in response to the criteria stated in ResearchGate's Open Review introduction. I would be pleased to see ResearchGate take over...

05 May 2014 2,833 15 View

Has anyone worked on a demarcation criteria for complex systems theory?

Most people speak about, and work on, complexity science, systems science, cybernetics, and complex thinking (i.e. Morin) as though they were the same. Although a sort of demarcation criteria has...

08 April 2014 6,258 27 View

Why do science students get taught so little about the scientific method?

Both at school and university in science the student is taught a lot about biology, physics or chemistry but very little about the different (good and bad) ways of doing science. Why is it so...

04 April 2014 3,107 81 View

What is the difference between science and art?

Do they speak about the same reality? Have the words the same meaning in art and science? Can we speak about the science of art and can there also be an art of science? On which basis is science...

04 April 2014 1,811 8 View

Has science lost its liberating power?

After the European Middle Ages, science was one of the liberating forces. But now, more than ever, science is part of the social world and institutionalized in nearly all countries. Some...

21 March 2014 2,592 51 View

Should the definition of science terminology result from interactions between scientists and language specialists?

The same word (e.g. adaptation) often has different meanings across science disciplines. Does imprecision in definition or use of science terminology result from that fact that scientists are not...

03 March 2014 5,529 9 View

Is the economic collapse – a black hole syndrome?

Mathematics justifies that greed and extreme selfishness cause economic collapse of societies. Any system that is established from relations from different groups and the forces created thereof,...

03 March 2014 5,059 81 View

Can anyone suggest good books on science in culture/evolution?

Could anyone possibly suggest any good books regarding the problem of science taking part of the culture or the evolution of mankind? I am more interested in analytic works, rather than historical...

03 March 2014 5,748 6 View

Does sleeping contribute to environmental protection?

People that sleep do not exploit energy (e.g. electricity, gas, fuel), they do not produce waste (e.g. household waste), they do not eat, etc. When people would sleep for one more hour each day,...

03 March 2014 2,037 24 View

If it is true that "if 'there is' then 'tnere is' and if 'there is' then there is something that is what is,

If it is true that "if 'there is' then 'tnere is' and if 'there is' then there is something that 'is what is' or 'there isn't'. what do you think 'is what is' (cannot be changed)? The first...

03 March 2014 4,080 30 View

Is self-citation plagiarism?

There is a lot of discussion about optimizing and modifying scientific data, plagiarism and multiple publication of (parts of) the same data. This is very important and necessary for the quality...

03 March 2014 311 2 View

Is scientific research the only path to truth?

I wonder if truth can be reached through other means than scientific research. If this is the case, what does it imply for other human activities?

03 March 2014 4,161 5 View

Are physical laws governing the universe of Parmenides wherein nothing is happening or the dynamic universe of Heracleitos of eternal becoming?

The famous de Witt-Wheeler equation, i.e. the reformulation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity in terms of electromagnetic equations, governs a timeless universe. Barbour cited this...

03 March 2014 8,155 1 View

Can creationism contribute to science?

I was ranting during a conversation/debate with a family member’s friend when a thought occurred to me (apparently even I can’t stand listening to me). Can we dismiss pseudoscience and fringe...

03 March 2014 8,779 7 View

What is the Scientific Method?

Is there a definition of the scientific method? does anyone know what it is? Has Karl Popper illuded us that the only method we have is trial and error?

03 March 2014 1,053 2 View

Can there be a general, type independent, nonlinear PDE theory for the existence and regularity of solutions?

According to customary wisdom, ever since Functional Analysis, and specifically ever since Sobolev spaces have been used in solving PDEs starting in the 1930s, the all pervading and overriding...

03 March 2014 9,747 7 View

Does the spread of scientific wisdom, technology and the internet across the globe make the human society better and more humane than ever before?

The advancement of education, science, scientific thinking and reasoning to solve problems that humans face across the globe and the expansion of the internet and electronic media, create...

03 March 2014 1,520 13 View

According to Carl Gauss and Fermat’s numbers, can a ν-sided regular polygon with 32170000000057933225 be constructed with compass and straightedge?

Theory and Geometric application: http://squaringofthecircle.gr/?page_id=99&lang=en

03 March 2014 8,017 4 View

If the great philosophers and scientists are suffering is their suffering motivating them to do better?

There are those who say necessity is the mother of invention. Are the difficulties and the problems and suffering of the ٍScientist incentives? Or is it only a source of frustration? And to what...

03 March 2014 1,454 15 View

Terminologies based on ‘observations’ or ‘interpretations of observations’: any thoughts?

When scientists describe (natural) phenomena during oral presentations or in publications, they often replace the description of these phenomena by interpretations of what the phenomena are...

03 March 2014 1,953 90 View

Is gender a natural inhibiting parameter in learning and doing mathematics and mathematical thinking?

In most traditional societies there are some differentiating parameters whose origins have social and cultural basis. Contemporary societies refute that not because of simply liking the idea of...

03 March 2014 7,683 17 View

How do the advances in biotechnology play a role in redefining architectural principles and innovation?

Architectural design has always been defined by the advances in technology, especially since the industrial revolution times during the 19th century. However since then its design principles of...

03 March 2014 1,650 0 View

Can a scientist be good exclusively in science without being good in humanities (literature, philosophy, art, etc.)?

Science is a body of ideas and concepts which are often highly philosophical and which need advanced language to deal with. Before the modern era scientists were absolutely complete as e.g....

03 March 2014 2,060 40 View

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