Models of Scientific Knowledge

Abstract

In studying scientific knowledge, like any other object, wide use is made of simulation techniques. From this point of view the entire history of the methodology of science in the 20th century can be viewed as a successive replacement of some models of scientific knowledge with others, more perfect as a rule. At the same time, it is generally accepted that the history of science should be treated as a succession and sometimes coexistence of different philosophical conceptions of scientific knowledge. Accordingly, a question arises as to the interconnection between philosophical conceptions of scientific knowledge and the specific models used in the study of knowledge, or, to put it differently, a question of the interrelationship between models of scientific knowledge and their philosophical interpretations. The errors in the assessment of this interrelationship which unfortunately have abounded in the 20th century, led to false conclusions when, the rightful criticism of philosophical conceptions of scientific knowledge was accompanied by certain models of science studies were wrongly rejected.