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Contextual Analysis Of The Evolution On Views Of History Of Science In West

Posted on:2015-04-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2180330461983936Subject:History of science and technology
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Since the early 20th century, disciplinization of the history of science, It has been made significant progress in the normalization of discipline, standardization and institutionalization, etc. A series of changes in the history of science has its own disciplinary reasons, but also there is a great relationship of the views of history of science to correct the history of science. It is not difficult to find the larger events from history of science, the evolution stage is quite clear on the view of history of science, from spontaneous perceptual knowledge to rational criticism, the view of history of science embodies different characteristics in different times. Summarizing deeply the evolution on the view of history of science, not only has deep historical significance, more importantly, has a prominent reference for the formation of new contemporary view of history of science. The evolution of views of history of Science are analyzed systematically, which based on the development of view of history of science in West from the respect of context analysis.This thesis is divided into five parts, introduction, conclusion, and three body parts. Mainly content is organized as follows:The part one is the introduction, mainly for the purpose of article topics, significance, research trends at home and abroad, mainly content and point of innovation. And the reason of three-stage division is illustrated.The chapter one discusses mainly the evolution process on the practical and utilitarian views of history of science. Based on the context, not only analyzed the status the development of view of history of science, but also pointed out the characteristics of it.The chapter two researches mainly the development of the views of history of science in perceptual analysis stage. The thought source and main body thought about the views of history of science are analyzed from the perspective of context analysis.The chapter three discusses systematically the approach on the view of history of science in critical rationality stage. The first, the historical context of the views of history of science in the critical rational stage is analyzed, and then discusses the representatives thought on it. At last, the paper analyzes the history context of produce of view of history of science in critical rationality stage.The fifth part points out the significance of the paper from the perspective of ontology, epistemology and methodology of thesis research, and summarizes the academic value. The article is also pointed out the main content of the research in the future.In a word, the different view of history of science would be produced at different times in the history of science development. Every kind of view of history of science has social and historical context itself. Although we can point out the defects of view of history of science, it has rationality in the context. So, the paper also provides the theoretical foundation for contextualist view of history of science.
Keywords/Search Tags:Contextualism, View of History of science, Practical utilitarian, Perceptual analysis, Critical rationality
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