Social constructionists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than
discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Do we collectively invent the world …

Entender la naturaleza de la ciencia es un objetivo de importancia creciente en los
movimientos de reforma de la enseñanza de la ciencia. Pero la naturaleza de la ciencia es …

The modern history of verisimilitude can be divided into three periods. The first began in
1960, when Karl Popper proposed his qualitative definition of what it is for one theory to be …

Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of
scientific knowledge. In addition to scrutinizing the main arguments for epistemic relativism …

Structuring the world: The issue of realism and the nature of ontological problems in classical
and contemporary pragmatism. КОРЗИНА ПОИСК НАВИГАТОР ЖУРНАЛЫ КНИГИ …

This qualitative study explores the problem-solving culture associated with students'
challenging behavior in an upper comprehensive school (ages 13 to 16). Based on the …

Abstract 'Realism'is multiply ambiguous. The central concern of Part 1 of this paper is to
distinguish several of its many senses—four (Theoretical Realism, Cumulative Realism …

Building off of the path-breaking works of Roy Bhaskar—and in particular his philosophical
position of critical realism—this paper works toward a realignment of sociology with the life …

Se argumenta en este trabajo que hay una importante diferencia conceptual entre ciencia y
tecnología. En cuanto partes integrantes de la cultura y la sociedad humanas, la ciencia y la …

Students' learning in higher education is an extremely complex phenomenon, and a lot
remains to be done before we fully understand what goes on in students' minds while they …