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Diacronia 2, July 17, 2015, art. A17 (p. 1–45)https://doi.org/10.17684/i2A17en

The organicity of science

Francisc Gafton

Affiliations

Faculty of Letters, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Bd. Carol I 11, 700506 Iași, Romania

History

Received March 31, 2015
Accepted April 20, 2015
Published July 17, 2015

Key words

organism
natural sciences
human sciences
coevolution
culture
language
humanity

Motto

“The enemy of science is not religion [...]. The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma”. (Frans de Waal, The Bonobo and the Atheist)

Abstract

The systemic character of entities implies their being formed of discrete elements whose conjunction generates hierarchical structures, functions, forces, and roles. While the observation and study of entities entails their segregation with respect to certain sets of criteria, their understanding follows from their thorough comprehension, in plenary connection with the environment of which they are component, product, and factor.

Having the profound role of bringing the human being in the state of knowing and understanding the Universe, science (including the methodology that invents and governs paths, and the apparatus that makes the entire endeavour operational) follows this model of specialized division. Starting from the initial common state, science develops its observations by identifying and describing the reality and its specialized components, in accordance with how they are structured and function, constantly tailoring its means of investigations to the genetic, structural, and functional peculiarities of those aspects.

The completion and evolution of science are consequent to the assimilation of this approach beyond the interdisciplinary level, and arise from the conjunction of scientific knowledge, methods, and instruments, aimed at reflecting reality in its entirety and integrality. This outcome requires a recurrent reconsideration and revision of the organism of science.

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    Text:Gafton, F. (2015). The organicity of science, Diacronia 2 (July 17), A17 (1–45), https://doi.org/10.17684/i2A17en
    BibTeX:@ARTICLE{gafton2015,
     author = {Francisc Gafton},
     title = {The organicity of science},
     journal = {Diacronia},
     ISSN = {2393-1140},
     year = {2015},
     month = {July},
     number = {2},
     eid = {A17},
     doi = {https://doi.org/10.17684/i2A17en},
     pages = "(1–45)",
     url = {https://www.diacronia.ro/journal/issue/2/A17/en}
    }

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