Introduction: Norms, Naturalism, and Scientific Understanding

Economic Approaches to Understanding Scientific Norms

A theme of much work taking an “economic approach” to the study of science is the interaction between the norms of individual scientists and those of society at large. Though drawing from the same suite of formal methods, proponents of the economic approach offer what are in substantive terms profoundly different explanations of various aspects of the structure of science. The differences are i...

Naturalism and Scientific Practices: A Concluding Scientific Postscript

Joseph Rouse Naturalism and Scientific Practices : A Concluding Scientific Postscript

Naturalism is the dominant philosophical stance in North American philosophy today. Many philosophers explicitly identify themselves as naturalists, whose philosophical work is closely aligned with the natural sciences. Yet the best evidence for the dominance of naturalism comes from those philosophers who profess to be its opponents. These critics often make very significant concessions to nat...

Introduction of Scientific Quality Index

The Scientific Quality Index (SQI) was proposed as a qualitative index in 2017 to evaluate the scientific outputs of researchers. In this article, in addition to introducing this index, the results of the most recent researches using this index are mentioned to provide the necessary background for related researches within the country.

Book Introduction: “Understanding Youth in Late Modernity

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