Summary Of "Knowledge, Science & Epistemology" By Esther Díaz - UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES - E-book - ePub

We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author. KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE & EPISTEMOLOGYKNOWLEDGE IS A WAY OF RELATING TO REALITY, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO BE DESCRIBED, EXPLAINED AND PREDICTED. TO DESCRIBE is to list the CHARACTERISTICS of an object or state of affairs. EXPLAIN is to establish the CAUSES of a fact. PREDICTING is ANTICIPATING an event before it occurs. If we explain how it happened, it will be a RETRODICTIONKnowledge requires a certain instance that legitimizes it, that guarantees it.
In everyday life, the guarantee is given by our experience or that of others. In scientific knowledge, the guarantee is granted by the precision and coherence of the theories and their contrast with the facts. However, in certain disciplines this second requirement is not enforceable (in the formal sciences and in the social sciences).