The history of science as discourse, the structure of scientific and literary texts
Part II. Some issues posed by computational methodology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4900866 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter A Sedelow (University of Kansas), Sally Yeates Sedelow (Bryn Mawr College) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-72 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1520-6696(197901)15:1<63::aid-jhbs2300150107>3.0.co;2-h |
| OpenAlex | W1983466132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Implications of both computer science and the computer are critical for a deeper penetration into the history of science. Building directly on “Formalized Historiography,” which appeared in this Journal last year [14 (1978): 247–263], the present essay contrasts the analysis of history of science discourse by a human reader with that at present or in prospect possible with computer-based ‘intelligent systems.’ Further, related issues are posed as to how scientific the history of science may itself become, and as to the types of transformed understanding that may emerge both of the processes of science and of the history of science. For example, would a connotation-free understanding of the structure of scientific discourse through successive state transitions (paradigm shifts) disclose science itself to be an abstract machine?
Connotation · Epistemology · Historiography · History of science · Linguistics · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · History and Philosophy of Science · Language and cultural evolution · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 1985 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |