Open AccessParadigm, science and society
Author(s) -
N.T. van der Merwe
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
koers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-8557
pISSN - 0023-270X
DOI - 10.4102/koers.v40i4-6.847
Subject(s) - subject (documents) , bridge (graph theory) , epistemology , function (biology) , task (project management) , sociology , computer science , philosophy , engineering , library science , systems engineering , evolutionary biology , biology , medicine
The subject of my contribution to the Taljaard Festschrift is focused on a cardinal aspect of the contemporary discussion in the area of theory of science, namely the relationship between science and society', and in this connection especially the role ascribed by certain scholars to paradigms in the practice of science. Because of its bridge function, the first task will be a global getting acquainted with some characteristic accents in contemporary theory of science. If this is successful, it can hopefully open up avenues for a view of the relationship of the remaining two components of the above mentioned subject