Historical epistemology foundation of social network across generations for building knowledge
Historical epistemology foundation of social network across generations for building knowledge

Summary/Abstract: Historical epistemology is a new area of study which remains between at least three disciplines: sociology of science, epistemology and philosophy of science. History of science also remains in the background to provide material for supporting and illustrating the ideas and doctrines developed in this new research field. Because of its wider spectrum of subjects, many issues are discussed in relation to this new field. However, some of these issues have no relevance for the main purpose of this subject. For instance some “investigate the historically variable conditions under which fields of knowledge are formed.” I would like to argue that historical epistemology must be concerned with the epistemological conditions under which historically and socially variable conditions are unified in the fields of knowledge. If we take historical epistemology in this sense as a new area of study that constitutes a new discipline then we need to define its subject matter and main problems that need to be discussed. As an attempt I would like to offer my opinion as to how we need to define this discipline which require an approach from sociological, epistemological and historical perspectives.

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