Theoretical Knowledge

• Main Author: Stepin, Vyacheslav (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 326
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy, general.; Philosophy of Science.; Philosophy of Technology.

Vyacheslav Stepin (born 19.08.1934) is a distinguished Russian philosopher, PhD, Professor, active member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honoured Professor of Moscow State University and Honorary Doctor of the Karlsruhe University (Germany). He is the organizer and leader of large-scale joint r...

Table of Contents:

• Scientific Cognition in a Sociocultural Context
• Structure of Theoretical Knowledge
• The Foundations of Science
• Genesis of Theoretical Knowledge in Classical Science
• Formation and Development of Theory in Non-Classical Science
• Scientific Revolutions
• Strategies of Theoretical Investigation in the Epoch of Post-Non-Classical Science
• Strategies of Theoretical Investigation in the Epoch of Post-Non-Classical Science.