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ERIC Number: EJ633666
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
On the Substance of a Sophisticated Epistemology.
Elby, Andrew; Hammer, David
Science Education, v85 n5 p554-67 Sep 2001
Questions the scientific community's consensus on the epistemological sophistication concerning scientific knowledge. Argues for a distinction between correctness and productivity of an epistemological stance and against certain blanket generalizations about the nature of knowledge and learning that do not attend to context. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Science Education, Scientific Principles
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Philosophy of Science