Discourse on science

The term “epistemology” replaces that of philosophy of science at the start of the 20th century. It is a neologism constructed by James Frederick Ferrier, in his work Institutes of metaphysics (1854).
Before these investigations, science was conceived as a corpus of knowledge and methods, object of study of the Philosophy of science, which studied scientific discourse relative to ontological or philosophical postulates, that is to say non-autonomous in itself. Epistemology will allow the recognition of science and sciences as autonomous disciplines in relation to philosophy.
The history of science and philosophy has produced many theories as to the nature and scope of the scientific phenomenon. There is thus a set of great epistemological models which claim to explain the specificity of science.

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