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<p>There is an ongoing cultural struggle regarding the reach and boundaries of science. Central questions discussed in this debate are for example: What is the essence of natural science? Is its claim for epistemic superiority justified?</p>
<p>As the dispute is not only academic but lies behind several life-world relevant issues as well, we believe that it is essential both to science education and philosophy education. As the topic is inherently interdisciplinary, we claim that the didactics of science and philosophy should work jointly to establish a model of epistemic competence and develop concepts that facilitate such a model. We make a proposal for the structure of epistemic competence as a basis for discussion.</p>
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There is an ongoing cultural struggle regarding the reach and boundaries of science. Central questions discussed in this debate are for example: What is the essence of natural science? Is its claim for epistemic superiority justified?
As the dispute is not only academic but lies behind several life-world relevant issues as well, we believe that it is essential both to science education and philosophy education. As the topic is inherently interdisciplinary, we claim that the didactics of science and philosophy should work jointly to establish a model of epistemic competence and develop concepts that facilitate such a model. We make a proposal for the structure of epistemic competence as a basis for discussion.

Between scientism and relativism: epistemic competence as an important aim in science and philosophy education

Research in Subject-matter Teaching and Learning (RISTAL)

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There is an ongoing cultural struggle regarding the reach and boundaries of science. Central questions discussed in this debate are for example: What is the...

Between scientism and relativism: epistemic competence as an important aim in science and philosophy education

Published Online: Jul 11, 2022

Page range: 82 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23770/rt1819

Keywords
Epistemic Competence, Science Education, Philosophical Education, NOS, Scientism, Relativism

© 2018 Bettina Bussmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Between scientism and relativism: epistemic competence as an important aim in science and philosophy education

Published Online: Jul 11, 2022

Page range: 82 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23770/rt1819

KeywordsEpistemic Competence, Science Education, Philosophical Education, NOS, Scientism, Relativism

© 2018 Bettina Bussmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Epistemic Competence, Science Education, Philosophical Education, NOS, Scientism, Relativism