Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted (2000) Researching sustainable agriculture: The role of values in systemic science. Paper at: Demarcation Socialised: or, Can we recognize science when we see it?, Cardiff University, 25-27 August 2000. [Unpublished]
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This paper presents a specific perspective on the science demarcation issue, the perspective of systemic science. A systemic science is a science that influences its own subject area. Agricultural science is an example of such a science - a point that is particularly evident in connection with research in organic farming, which forms the practical context of this paper. Far from the ideal of being 'value-free' and objective, the systemic science must, upon recognising itself as systemic, acknowledge the role of values in research and include value inquiry as a specific research task. But still, the systemic science insists that it is science. Given that it is science, what then demarcates 'science' as different from other social activities? Or, in other terms, what are the proper criteria of scientific quality for systemic sciences? The paper aims to develop the conception of systemic science and investigate some basic aspects of science as a learning process, in order to work towards a more adequate foundation for developing and evaluating systemic research methods, and for determining appropriate criteria of scientific quality in systemic science.
EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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Type of presentation: | Paper |
Subjects: | Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy |
Research affiliation: | Denmark > DARCOF II (2000-2005) > V.1 (SYNERGY) Coordination and synergy |
Deposited By: | Alrøe, PhD Hugo Fjelsted |
ID Code: | 9149 |
Deposited On: | 29 Mar 2007 |
Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2010 07:34 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Unpublished |
Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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