Comparing the Epistemologies of Scientific Disciplines in Two Distinct Domains: Modern Physics versus Social Sciences - II, Epistemology and Knowledge Characteristics of the 'New' Social Sciences

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 551-562

  Van Gigch, John P ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemologies, comparision of; Epistemology; In sciences of design; Knowledge, characteristics of; Modern physics, epistemology of; Scientificity in sciences of complexity; Scientificity, standards of; Social sciences, epistemology of

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EPISTEMOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0036429936     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.466     Document Type: Article

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