The awareness of a new congruence between two fields that have so far been regarded as separated, namely ontology and epistemology, is increasing in the life sciences and needs to be explored in the light of the fact that both fields are time-dependent. The pivotal role of historical constraints invests any reasoning on the living world and, in parallel, the epistemological tools for dealing with it. That role consists in highlighting a double link between objects or processes, on the reality side, and the primacy of syntax or semantics, on the epistemic side. Many criteria of knowledge change according to contemporary evolutionary theories, and consequently their feed-back on our self-perception affects our relationship with the explanatory criteria of scientific knowledge.
Object or process? Theoretical terms or frame-concepts? Coupled changes in the life sciences and in their epistemology / Gagliasso, Elena. - (2019), pp. 83-92.
Object or process? Theoretical terms or frame-concepts? Coupled changes in the life sciences and in their epistemology
Elena Gagliasso
2019
Abstract
The awareness of a new congruence between two fields that have so far been regarded as separated, namely ontology and epistemology, is increasing in the life sciences and needs to be explored in the light of the fact that both fields are time-dependent. The pivotal role of historical constraints invests any reasoning on the living world and, in parallel, the epistemological tools for dealing with it. That role consists in highlighting a double link between objects or processes, on the reality side, and the primacy of syntax or semantics, on the epistemic side. Many criteria of knowledge change according to contemporary evolutionary theories, and consequently their feed-back on our self-perception affects our relationship with the explanatory criteria of scientific knowledge.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.