Stephen·Cole' Scientific View Of Realistic Constructivism

For a long time, social science scholars on the issue of scientific knowledge there are two distinct views: One takes Merton as representative, they set off from the perspective of positivism, and think that science knowledge is a kind of reflection of the natural, so it is decided by the nature not society's effect, Comment on inclination because of their realism, the theory is called "the realism view of science". The other takes SSK as representative, they set off from the relativism, and denies the nature of the scientific knowledge of the decision function, think that science knowledge is essentially constructed by the scientist socially. Because of their construction of position, the theory is called "construction of the scientific concept".Stephen·Cole thinks after analysis, two with certain one-sidedness on the theory of construction, so he is to propose a solution to integrate, which he has suggested that his new view of science—"constructivism of science concept". He hopes two group of society scientist is able to shake hands and make it up after the integrating. First, Stephen ? Cole distinguished the "core knowledge" and "frontier knowledge "in the process, he points out: "core knowledge" seldom accepts the social factor and society process's effect, so "core knowledge" has the realism significance; therefore "frontier knowledge" is composed out in some kind of specially environment by one or more scientists, which comes out in the social environment, therefore, they will be subject to the impact of social factors, so they are structure theory's. Secondly, he studies the science understanding of content, then he thinks the science understanding of content is that the social nature fabrication comes out in a certain sense , but it need to be restrainted by the experience fact. Finally, he analysis the factor that there exists the general experience of the facts and social quantitative changing in the science evaluation. In short, realistic constructivism of Stephen ? Cole contains the better rationality, his realistic constructivism represented the science sociology's theory form doubly.