Meta-Science
Science has lost its ethical imperatives as it moved away from a science of ought to a science of is. Subsequently, it might have answers for how we can address global challenges, such as climate change and poverty, but not why we should. This supposedly neutral stance leaves it to politics and reli...
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University of Groningen Press
2023
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| description | Science has lost its ethical imperatives as it moved away from a science of ought to a science of is. Subsequently, it might have answers for how we can address global challenges, such as climate change and poverty, but not why we should. This supposedly neutral stance leaves it to politics and religions (in the sense of non-scientific fields of social engagement) to fill in the values. The problem is that through this concession, science implicitly acknowledges that it is not of universal relevance.
Objective knowledge, as Karl Popper calls for, might be less easily attainable in the world of ideas and within the confines of scientific idealism. However, if ideas, values and meaning have equal claim to be drivers of change in the sense of causation, aspiring to identify objective knowledge about the world of ideas and of meaning is necessary. If the sciences and disciplines aim to give objectively valid reasons for our actions (and for how to address global challenges), we need to elevate the study of meaning beyond the cultural, disciplinary and ideational delineations. We need to come to a meta understanding of values and meaning equal to objective knowledge about the material world. But differently than in the material world this meta understanding needs to incorporate individual and subjective experiences as cornerstones of objectivity on a meta-level.
We need a science of meaning; one that can scientifically answer Kant’s third question of “what may we hope for”. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1216392025-03-20T11:32:15Z Meta-Science Zwitter, Andrej Dome, Takuo Sustainable development; Human flourishing; Metascience; Philosophy of science; Global challenges; Complex solutions Science has lost its ethical imperatives as it moved away from a science of ought to a science of is. Subsequently, it might have answers for how we can address global challenges, such as climate change and poverty, but not why we should. This supposedly neutral stance leaves it to politics and religions (in the sense of non-scientific fields of social engagement) to fill in the values. The problem is that through this concession, science implicitly acknowledges that it is not of universal relevance. Objective knowledge, as Karl Popper calls for, might be less easily attainable in the world of ideas and within the confines of scientific idealism. However, if ideas, values and meaning have equal claim to be drivers of change in the sense of causation, aspiring to identify objective knowledge about the world of ideas and of meaning is necessary. If the sciences and disciplines aim to give objectively valid reasons for our actions (and for how to address global challenges), we need to elevate the study of meaning beyond the cultural, disciplinary and ideational delineations. We need to come to a meta understanding of values and meaning equal to objective knowledge about the material world. But differently than in the material world this meta understanding needs to incorporate individual and subjective experiences as cornerstones of objectivity on a meta-level. We need a science of meaning; one that can scientifically answer Kant’s third question of “what may we hope for”. 2023-11-17T08:21:25Z 2023-11-17T08:21:25Z 2023-11-16T14:16:13Z 2023 book OCN: 1410104966 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85189 9789403430348 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121639 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85189/1/New_Meta-Science.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85189/1/New_Meta-Science.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85189/1/New_Meta-Science.pdf University of Groningen Press 10.21827/648c59a2087f2 10.21827/648c59a2087f2 8ff9ef23-7540-4335-b7ba-f3a6ae86cca4 Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 4ff5e103-721b-437d-be4e-40fdfb887da3 9789403430348 252 Groningen University of groningen open access book fund open access |
| spellingShingle | Sustainable development; Human flourishing; Metascience; Philosophy of science; Global challenges; Complex solutions Meta-Science |
| title | Meta-Science |
| title_full | Meta-Science |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Meta-Science |
| title_short | Meta-Science |
| title_sort | meta science |
| topic | Sustainable development; Human flourishing; Metascience; Philosophy of science; Global challenges; Complex solutions |
| topic_facet | Sustainable development; Human flourishing; Metascience; Philosophy of science; Global challenges; Complex solutions |
| url | OCN: 1410104966 |