Action research is presented as a method for generating knowledge that corrects the deficiencies of positivist science. Action research is shown to base its scientific legitimacy in philosophical traditions that are different from those that legitimate positivist science. (Author/IRT)

Presents a discussion of three areas of philosophy that serve as foundations for the construction of scientific theory, a critical analysis of the new epistemologies, a logical structure for scientific family therapy theory, and minimum requirements for a scientific theory of family therapy. (Author/ABB)

The author attempts to apply B. F. Skinner's principles of scientific practice to self-directed lifelong learning by way of a personal case history and self-report. (CT)

This book attempts to create a model of the nature of knowledge and its evolution. Scholarly research has been used for this purpose. Chapters include: (1) "The Nature of Knowledge"; (2) "The Nature of Scientific Progress"; (3) "Truth and Falsifiability"; (4) "The Problem with Experimental Observations"; (5) "Scientific Reductionism"; (6) "An…

Describes the importance of the general circulation in the atmosphere and oceans in creating the earth's climates. (AL)

Educational institutions must educate their students to be prepared to face and cope with the many changes that are daily occuring in their world. With the benefit of such an education, they will be able to influence the course of these changes. (CK)

A mature science represents a structure of three distinct but related parts: fundamental principles, derived inferences, and observed facts. The meaning of each of these for science activity is discussed and illustrated by Galileo's work. (MNS)

Insights regarding speech acts and pragmatic presuppositions are related to a philosophy of science. (AM)

Discusses a 650-word statement signed by 179 prominent scientists, educators, and religious leaders affirming evolution as a principle of science. The statement, issued by the American Humanist Association, is being sent to major school districts in the U.S. (MLH)

Makes a case for an alternative epistemology of research based on the hermeneutic-phenomenology of Max van Manen (1990). This interpretive approach to understanding the nature of a social phenomenon involves the researcher in making explicit the meaning of a particular lived experience and generating a pedagogical thoughtfulness in readers.…

Presents views on the integration of indigenous science into science teaching and discusses the rationale of this act. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/YDS)