OVERVIEW OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
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https://doi.org/10.15407/fd2022.02.137Keywords:
Global / general and local / science-centered philosophies of sciences, Features and classifications of philosophies of mathematical and natural sciences, A network of specific theories as the core of the relevant science, Practical theories and their reconstructionsAbstract
Varieties of modern philosophies of mathematical and natural sciences are represented. Specific features of those sciences are analyzed on the basis of graph classifications of the respective philosophies. The importance of reconstructions of practical theories is emphasized for all kinds of philosophies of science used by them.
The first part outlines the purpose of the article and considers subject and theoretical, the se- cond — evaluative, nominal, theoretical-reconstructive and linguistic-reconstructive classifica- tions of philosophies of science. The conclusions are made about the problematic application of these classifications to the philosophies of social sciences and humanities.
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