International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching, (Ed.) M. Matthews. Springer, 2014, pp. 999-1022.
The idea of family resemblance, when applied to science, can provide a powerful account of the na... more The idea of family resemblance, when applied to science, can provide a powerful account of the nature of science (NOS). In this chapter we develop such an account by taking into consideration the consensus on NOS that emerged in the science education literature in the last decade or so. According to the family resemblance approach, the nature of science can be systematically and comprehensively characterized in terms of a number of science categories which exhibit strong similarities and overlaps among diverse scientific disciplines. We then discuss the virtues of this approach and make some suggestions as to how one can go about teaching it in the classroom.
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Wiebe E. Bijker, Roland Bal, and Ruud Hendriks: The paradox of scientific authority: The role of scientific advice in democracies. MIT Press, 2009.
Mark B. Brown: Science in democracy: Expertise, institutions, and representation. MIT Press, 2009.
Massimiano Bucchi: Beyond technocracy: Science, politics and citizens. Springer, 2009.
Michel Callon, Pierre Lascoumes, and Yannick Barthe: Acting in an uncertain world: An essay on technical democracy. MIT Press, 2009.
Philip Kitcher. Science in a democratic society. Prometheus Books, 2011."
1 Introduction
2 Linguistic frameworks and scientific theories
3 Semantic holism in Carnap
4 Semantic incommensurability in Carnap
5 Scientific revolutions according to Carnap
6 Paradigms, lexicons, and scientific revolutions
6.1 Paradigms
6.2 Lexicons
6.3 Scientific revolutions
7 Status of language change and theory change
8 Logical syntax as metaperspective?
9 Concluding remark
Wiebe E. Bijker, Roland Bal, and Ruud Hendriks: The paradox of scientific authority: The role of scientific advice in democracies. MIT Press, 2009.
Mark B. Brown: Science in democracy: Expertise, institutions, and representation. MIT Press, 2009.
Massimiano Bucchi: Beyond technocracy: Science, politics and citizens. Springer, 2009.
Michel Callon, Pierre Lascoumes, and Yannick Barthe: Acting in an uncertain world: An essay on technical democracy. MIT Press, 2009.
Philip Kitcher. Science in a democratic society. Prometheus Books, 2011."
1 Introduction
2 Linguistic frameworks and scientific theories
3 Semantic holism in Carnap
4 Semantic incommensurability in Carnap
5 Scientific revolutions according to Carnap
6 Paradigms, lexicons, and scientific revolutions
6.1 Paradigms
6.2 Lexicons
6.3 Scientific revolutions
7 Status of language change and theory change
8 Logical syntax as metaperspective?
9 Concluding remark