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Science as creative activity.

E H Hutten

    Medicina Nei Secoli
    |May 1, 1979
    PubMed
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    This study explores science as a creative, group activity within an evolutionary framework. It examines the psycho-socio-historical aspects of scientific work and its epistemological consequences, focusing on pattern recognition over traditional event determination.

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    Area of Science:

    • Science and Technology Studies
    • Philosophy of Science
    • Evolutionary Systems

    Background:

    • Science is viewed as an emergent property within a broader evolutionary world system.
    • Scientific work is analyzed through a psycho-socio-historical lens, emphasizing its nature as a group activity.
    • Creativity is presented as an inherent, natural phenomenon within the scientific process.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To provide a comprehensive psycho-socio-historical account of scientific work.
    • To explore the role of creativity as a natural phenomenon in science.
    • To analyze epistemological consequences arising from scientific methodology and creative changes.

    Main Methods:

    • Examining creative changes in physics as illustrative examples.

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  • Analyzing the role of abstraction in scientific development.
  • Investigating formal and information-based methodologies.
  • Focusing on pattern recognition of meaning as a core scientific process.

    • Main Results:

    • Scientific progress is driven by creative changes, exemplified in physics.
    • Abstraction and pattern recognition are key mechanisms in scientific understanding.
    • Methodological approaches influence the epistemological outcomes of scientific inquiry.
    • Meaning-based pattern recognition offers an alternative to purely space-time event determination.

    Conclusions:

    • Science functions as a dynamic, group-based activity shaped by evolutionary and socio-historical factors.
    • Creativity is fundamental to scientific advancement, manifesting through abstraction and pattern recognition.
    • A shift towards understanding meaning through pattern recognition has significant epistemological implications for scientific methodology.