New Challenges to Philosophy of Science by Hanne Andersen Dennis Dieks Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Thomas Uebel & Gregory Wheeler

Author:Hanne Andersen, Dennis Dieks, Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, Thomas Uebel & Gregory Wheeler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht

On the Philosophy of Applied Social Sciences

Ilkka Niiniluoto1

(1)Department of Philosophy, History, Culture, and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, 24, 00014 Helsinki, Finland

Ilkka Niiniluoto

Email: [email protected]

Abstract

The distinction between basic and applied research, widely used for the purposes of science policy, is notoriously vague and ambiguous. In earlier papers, I have argued that there is nevertheless a viable and systematic way of separating these two types of research.1 An important form of applied research includes design sciences or “sciences of the artificial” in the sense of Herbert Simon.2 Applied social sciences, which pursue knowledge with the purpose of influencing social behavior and social institutions into a desired direction, can be counted as important examples of such design sciences.

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