Epistemological and social basis of a scientific society

• Grant number: 16/06172-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: December 28, 2016
• End date: July 27, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - Epistemology
• Principal Investigator: Kleber Cecon
• Grantee: Kleber Cecon
• Host Investigator: Daniel Garber
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Princeton University, United States
• Associated research grant: 10/52627-9 - Sistemics, self-organization and information, AP.TEM

Abstract

This Project is focused on identification of possible guidance basis of the Scientific Society's formation. A preliminary study of social and epistemological basis which guided such Society, possibly Self-Organized, may help to solve problems involving Science, like the scientific demarcation, its characteristics, limitation and relation with society and techniques. The formation of the Scientific Society maybe follows some Primary Self-Organized criteria, while its development may follow Secondary Self-Organized ones. (AU)