From modernity to postmodernity: a reflection on the epistemological transition in sciences and their traces in the social sciences

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  • Adriana Velásquez Universidad Don Bosco

Keywords:

Modernity, postmodernism, modern science, social sciences, epistemology.

Abstract

Today, the epistemological principles of science face a moment of transition, where features of a dominant paradigm crystallized in the conception of modern science and other emerging influenced by postmodern ideas (De Sousa, 2009) are identified. In that sense, modern science is built amid questions that both views are held together.

In this brief essay both paradigms are characterized and then how is exemplified in how they are presented in the social sciences, from the identification of certain epistemological features in the study of social science problems such as poverty. Thus, it is expected to contribute to discussions on epistemology in these fields of scientific knowledge in these times of transition.

TEORÍA Y PRAXIS Year 14, No.29, June-December 2016, pp.65-73

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Author Biography

Adriana Velásquez, Universidad Don Bosco

Economista, estudiante de Doctorado de Ciencias Sociales
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2016-12-02

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From modernity to postmodernity: a reflection on the epistemological transition in sciences and their traces in the social sciences. (2016). Teoría Y Praxis, 29, 65-73. https://doi.org/10.5377/typ.v0i29.6348

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Year 14, No.29, June-December 2016

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How to Cite

From modernity to postmodernity: a reflection on the epistemological transition in sciences and their traces in the social sciences. (2016). Teoría Y Praxis, 29, 65-73. https://doi.org/10.5377/typ.v0i29.6348