IN THIS paper, one attempts to develop a method for investigating counterfactual histories of science, that is, possibles histories that did not occur. We develop a theory of science based on the notion of "advance" (ideas, data etc.), which are units passed from scientist to scientist and which would be conserved in passing from one possible history to another. Advances are connected to each other by nets of causal influence, and we distinguish strong and weak influences. Around sixty types of advances are grouped in ten classes. As our case study, we examine the beginning of the Old Quantum Theory (1850-1915), using computation to store and process historical information. Based only on secondary literature, we describe four great possible...
Este artigo analisa o complexo processo histórico, social e cultural que acompanhou as mudanças de s...
In this paper, the first of a series, a historical overview of the conceptual development of the Old...
We try, in this article, to enlighten Henri Poincaré's "style" in theoretical physics and mathematic...
This work discusses theses on scientific activity in their concrete historical reality based on the ...
Postulating the intrinsic relation that binds the analytical and the reflexive dimensions of anthrop...
In this article, we aim to show, by means of several examples, that Pierre Duhem's logical distincti...
The objective of this work is to discuss the scope of historical issues in an epistemological approa...
The case study is a framework privileged by the social sciences today. A whole epistemology is redra...
The case study is a framework privileged by the social sciences today. A whole epistemology is redra...
Este texto é o resultado de reflexões em torno dos conceitos ligados ao estatuto da ciência a partir...
Neste artigo, analiso o pensamento de Thomas Kuhn à luz da ideia de que sua obra desencadeou um proc...
Neste artigo, discute-se o papel da ciência da história. O conhecimento científico, desde a sua orig...
ONE OF the main purposes of science is to show that "the world is intelligible" by human reason. Thi...
Este texto é o resultado de reflexões em torno dos conceitos ligados ao estatuto da ciência a partir...
Este artigo analisa o complexo processo histórico, social e cultural que acompanhou as mudan as de s...
Este artigo analisa o complexo processo histórico, social e cultural que acompanhou as mudanças de s...
In this paper, the first of a series, a historical overview of the conceptual development of the Old...
We try, in this article, to enlighten Henri Poincaré's "style" in theoretical physics and mathematic...
This work discusses theses on scientific activity in their concrete historical reality based on the ...
Postulating the intrinsic relation that binds the analytical and the reflexive dimensions of anthrop...
In this article, we aim to show, by means of several examples, that Pierre Duhem's logical distincti...
The objective of this work is to discuss the scope of historical issues in an epistemological approa...
The case study is a framework privileged by the social sciences today. A whole epistemology is redra...
The case study is a framework privileged by the social sciences today. A whole epistemology is redra...
Este texto é o resultado de reflexões em torno dos conceitos ligados ao estatuto da ciência a partir...
Neste artigo, analiso o pensamento de Thomas Kuhn à luz da ideia de que sua obra desencadeou um proc...
Neste artigo, discute-se o papel da ciência da história. O conhecimento científico, desde a sua orig...
ONE OF the main purposes of science is to show that "the world is intelligible" by human reason. Thi...
Este texto é o resultado de reflexões em torno dos conceitos ligados ao estatuto da ciência a partir...
Este artigo analisa o complexo processo histórico, social e cultural que acompanhou as mudan as de s...
Este artigo analisa o complexo processo histórico, social e cultural que acompanhou as mudanças de s...
In this paper, the first of a series, a historical overview of the conceptual development of the Old...
We try, in this article, to enlighten Henri Poincaré's "style" in theoretical physics and mathematic...