Detail publikace
Charakteristiky vědy a vědeckých činností; úvahy co je a co není vědecké
JANÍČEK, P. BURŠA, J.
Český název
Charakteristiky vědy a vědeckých činností; úvahy co je a co není vědecké
Anglický název
Characteristics of Science and Scientific Activities: Considerations about What Is and What Is Not Scientific
Typ
článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp
Jazyk
en
Originální abstrakt
The paper deals with non-traditional but highly needed issues: to formulate criteria of a scientific activity. It is really unbelievable that in the period of information and scientific society such criteria do not exist and there are no fixed rules for assessment of scientific activities. However, in many fields of science, e.g., in reviews of scientific works or papers, reviewers are asked to assess whether or not the submitted work or text is scientific. Naturally, this decision is not objective even if done by leading scientific individuals. Scientists may possess rather different individual criteria, and especially in doctoral studies, but not only there, it is desirable to make the review more objective. A doctoral thesis should be accepted only in case it brings some scientific achievement. Keeping in mind how difficult it can be to formalize and evaluate science, the authors try to propose attributes of scientific activities and to formulate some basic recommendations how to assess scientific work. Of course, the paper does not intend to formulate any generally imperative rules, but rather to start a broader discussion of these topics.
Český abstrakt
Příspěvek se zabývá netradiční, ovšem vysoce potřebnou tématikou: formulovat kritéria vědecké činnosti. To umožní recenzentům objektivně hodnotit vědeckost či nevědeckost posuzovaných prací (disertačních, habilitačních, výzkumných apod.). Bude ukázáno, že vymezit „vědeckost“ vyžaduje vymezit pojem „věda“.
Anglický abstrakt
The paper deals with non-traditional but highly needed issues: to formulate criteria of a scientific activity. It is really unbelievable that in the period of information and scientific society such criteria do not exist and there are no fixed rules for assessment of scientific activities. However, in many fields of science, e.g., in reviews of scientific works or papers, reviewers are asked to assess whether or not the submitted work or text is scientific. Naturally, this decision is not objective even if done by leading scientific individuals. Scientists may possess rather different individual criteria, and especially in doctoral studies, but not only there, it is desirable to make the review more objective. A doctoral thesis should be accepted only in case it brings some scientific achievement. Keeping in mind how difficult it can be to formalize and evaluate science, the authors try to propose attributes of scientific activities and to formulate some basic recommendations how to assess scientific work. Of course, the paper does not intend to formulate any generally imperative rules, but rather to start a broader discussion of these topics.
Klíčová slova česky
Charakteristiky vědy, základní vědecké obory a oblasti, vědecké činnosti, nevědecké činnosti, systémová metodologie.
Klíčová slova anglicky
Characteristics of science, basic scientific firlds and branches, scientific activities, non- scientific activities, systemic methodology
Rok RIV
2012
Vydáno
25.09.2012
ISSN
2159-5275
Ročník
2
Číslo
9
Strany od–do
573–583
Počet stran
11
BIBTEX
@article{BUT94994,
author="Přemysl {Janíček} and Jiří {Burša},
title="Characteristics of Science and Scientific Activities: Considerations about What Is and What Is Not Scientific",
year="2012",
volume="2",
number="9",
month="September",
pages="573--583",
issn="2159-5275"
}