Rereading Normal Science

Critica 35 (105):65-89 (2003)
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This paper considers the relevance of a class of hermeneutic concepts to the philosophical reading of normal scientific research. The author opposes the view that the notion of "normal science" can only be read in socio-psychological, sociological or ethnomethodological terms. By drawing parallels between Kuhn's original reading of puzzle-solving enterprise and Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, a context of "Continental theories" for interpreting the dynamics of research practices is delineated. The rereading of normal science provides the opportunity for developing a hermeneutic alternative to the analytic philosophy of science. /// Este trabajo examina la relevancia de cierta clase de conceptos hermenéuticos para la lectura filosófica de la investigación cientifica normal. El autor se opone a la idea de que la noción de "ciencia normal" sólo se puede entender en términos socio-psicológicos, sociológicos o etnometodológicos. Trazando paralelos entre la lectura original kuhniana de la empresa de solutión de enigmas y la hermenéutica filosófica de Gadamer, se delinea un contexto de "teorias de Europa continental" para interpreter la dinámica de las prácticas de investigación. La relectura de la ciencia normal da la oportunidad de desarrollar una alternativa hermenéutica a la filosofia analitica de la ciencia.

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