Should we Fear Revolutions in Science? On the Future of Practicing Science within ‘Research Schools’ and on Interdisciplinarity

Maciej KASPRZYK

Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski, ul. Kurta Obitza 1, 10-725 Olsztyn, Poland , Poland

Maciej S. KUDELSKI

Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski, ul. Kurta Obitza 1, 10-725 Olsztyn, Poland , Poland


Abstract

This article comprises a synthetic presentation of the phenomenon of fear of revolutions in science. The authors focus on the context of such fears in particular. Interdisciplinary nature of research is described as an important cause of revolutionary tendencies in science. A description of such trends is contrasted with the specific model of doing science within the so-called schools.

Keywords:

scientific revolutions, anxiety, scientific schools, interdisciplinarity


Published
2020-01-28


KASPRZYK, M., & KUDELSKI, M. S. (2020). Czy należy się obawiać rewolucji w nauce? O przyszłości uprawiania nauki w obrębie szkół badawczych oraz o interdyscyplinarności. Ethos. Quarterly of The John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of Lublin, 28(1 (109). https://doi.org/10.12887/28-2015-1-109-20

Maciej KASPRZYK 
Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski, ul. Kurta Obitza 1, 10-725 Olsztyn, Poland
Maciej S. KUDELSKI 
Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski, ul. Kurta Obitza 1, 10-725 Olsztyn, Poland