Methodology of Science
Analysis of the Methodological Foundations and Principles of Scientific Knowledge
This area is devoted to the study of the methodology of science as an independent field of analysis. The central focus lies on examining how methodological criteria, normative principles, and regulative structures function within science and shape forms of scientific reasoning, theory evaluation, and the justification of knowledge.
Within this area, the following are examined:
  • the foundations of scientific rationality;
  • the functions of normative criteria in the philosophy of science;
  • the conditions and contexts for the application of methodological principles;
  • the differentiation of levels of analysis and types of scientific claims;
  • the specific features of applying methodological criteria in contemporary and interdisciplinary research.
Methodology is understood here as a reflexive level of science that enables clarification of the instruments of scientific thinking, the structure of argumentation, and the modes of methodological evaluation. The area is oriented toward analytical work with the foundations of scientific knowledge and toward increasing the transparency of methodological reasoning.
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Procedural Reconstruction of the Criterion of Falsifiability

(Methodological Analysis of Normative Criteria of Science)

One of the key works within this area is a study devoted to the criterion of falsifiability in the philosophy of science and its methodological function.
In this study, falsifiability is examined as a normative regulative principle applied in relation to the type of scientific claims, the level of theoretical organization, and the context of philosophical-scientific analysis. Central attention is given to the procedural level of applying the criterion, which enables differentiation of its use with respect to hypotheses, theories, models, and research programs.

The study develops a method of procedural reconstruction aimed at analytically identifying stable schemes for applying normative criteria in scientific and philosophical reasoning. This approach provides methodological clarity and coherence between normative analysis and actual forms of scientific argumentation.

The work contributes to the development of metamethodological analysis and establishes a foundation for more precise application of normative criteria in the philosophy of science, interdisciplinary research, and expert evaluation of scientific theories.
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