Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Today Auf dem Weg zu einer empirischen Wissenschaftstheorie? Herausforderungen und (mögliche) Standards wissenschaftlicher Forschung heute

Knoblauch H, Baur N, Marguin S, Steets S (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Historical Social Research-Historische Sozialforschung University of Cologne

Book Volume: 50

Pages Range: 7-16

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.12759/hsr.50.2025.13

Abstract

The paper represents the introduction to a HSR Special Issue on the empirical theory of science (EToS). Given the massive refiguration of the (social) sci ences and the need of knowledge about these changes for those who do sci ence, the introduction suggests a way of studying the knowledge production of sciences in a way which has been suggested by various descriptive and em pirical approaches in the social sciences, and to combine them with ques tions and issues about the normativity of science from the philosophy of sci ence. The introduction also provides an overview on the contributions to the volume which elaborate the concept of empirical theory of science, provide cases for its application in various cases of scientific research, or discuss it with respect to other approaches in the social study of the social science.

Authors with CRIS profile

Silke Steets Lehrstuhl für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Soziologische Theorie

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Berlin DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Knoblauch, H., Baur, N., Marguin, S., & Steets, S. (2025). Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Today Auf dem Weg zu einer empirischen Wissenschaftstheorie? Herausforderungen und (mögliche) Standards wissenschaftlicher Forschung heute. Historical Social Research-Historische Sozialforschung, 50(2), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.50.2025.13

MLA:

Knoblauch, Hubert, et al. "Towards an Empirical Theory of Science? Challenges and (Possible) Standards of Scientific Research Today Auf dem Weg zu einer empirischen Wissenschaftstheorie? Herausforderungen und (mögliche) Standards wissenschaftlicher Forschung heute." Historical Social Research-Historische Sozialforschung 50.2 (2025): 7-16.

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