ChatGPT General to Specific – how it seems to organize
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Now, a story: going from from Reductionism up to Social Constructivism for scientific inquiry, going from specific up to most general in SCALE and SCOPE:
Reductionism: In this universe, everything can be understood by breaking it down into its constituent parts and studying them individually. ANALYZING, SIMPLIFYING
Holism: In this universe, everything is best understood by considering the relationships and interactions between its parts, rather than studying them in isolation. INTERACTING, RELATIONSHIPS
Systems thinking: In this universe, everything can be understood by studying the patterns and processes that emerge from the interactions between their components. PATTERNS, INTERACTIONS
Emergence: In this universe, complex phenomena emerge from the interaction of simpler components and exhibit properties that cannot be predicted from the properties of the individual components. COMPLEXITY, NOVELTY
Constructivism: In this universe, scientific knowledge is constructed by scientists through the process of observation and interpretation, rather than being discovered from objective reality. OBSERVING, INTERPRETING
Realism: In this universe, scientific theories correspond to objective reality and scientific knowledge can be used to accurately predict and explain natural phenomena. CORRESPONDING, PREDICTING
Pragmatism: In this universe, scientific knowledge is a tool that is used to solve practical problems and the value of a scientific theory depends on its ability to produce useful results. SOLVING, PRACTICAL
Social constructivism: In this universe, scientific knowledge is shaped by social and cultural factors and the process of scientific inquiry is inherently social and interactive. SHAPED, SOCIAL