branch of science
Let an agent explain branches of science, relay classification schemes, relationships and emerging interdisciplinary fields from philosophy of science and classification sources with debates attributed, describe the named branch families, and distinguish branches of science from academic departments, professions, schools of thought and pseudoscience.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain branches of science, relay classification schemes, relationships and emerging interdisciplinary fields from philosophy of science and classification sources with debates attributed, describe the named branch families, and distinguish branches of science from academic departments, professions, schools of thought and pseudoscience.
A subdivision of scientific knowledge and research defined by its subject matter, methods or community, such as the natural sciences of physics, chemistry and biology, the formal sciences of mathematics and logic, the social sciences, and applied sciences such as engineering and medicine, each with further branches the registry aliases name, including branches of materials science, chemistry, cartography, legal science, biology and physics; classification schemes such as the OECD Fields of Science and Technology and library systems organise branches, and boundaries and whether some fields count as sciences are debated, with positions attributed.
What it is for: Organising scientific knowledge.
It can be explain classification schemes; relay relationships among branches; describe named branch families; present boundary debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Hierarchical subdivisions
Methodological identity
Overlapping boundaries
Evolving over time
What it looks like
Not a physical object; classification trees, curricula and journal categories.
Physical character
OECD Fields of Science and Technology: revised 2007 note - Frascati Manual
main groups: natural, formal, social, applied list - common scheme
registry parent: field of study note
How it is recognised
Subdivision of scientific knowledge
Branch of materials science, branch of chemistry, branch of cartography, branch of legal science, branch of biology, branch of physics
Departments are administrative units; professions are occupations; schools of thought share views; pseudoscience lacks scientific method
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is classified by -
includes -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
natural sciences
formal sciences
social sciences
applied sciences
interdisciplinary fields
Standards and regulation
OECD Frascati Manual
UNESCO ISCED fields of education
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting one classification as universal
Partisan boundary disputes
Treating legal science as uncontroversially a science
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a branch of science is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a branch of science, and how does it differ from departments, professions, schools of thought and pseudoscience? definition
- Is the question about classification, study choices or the philosophy of science? boundary
Families
Named branch families.
Families
Families.
- What are branches of materials science, chemistry, cartography, legal science, biology and physics? definition
- Which entry fits the specific branch? action
Classification Schemes.
Regulation.
OECD
Frascati fields.
OECD
OECD.
- How does the OECD Frascati Manual classify fields of science? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Library
Library classifications.
Library
Library.
- How do Dewey and Library of Congress classifications arrange sciences? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Philosophy Boundaries.
Attribution.
Demarcation
Demarcation problem.
Demarcation
Demarcation.
- What do philosophers such as Popper and Kuhn say about what counts as science, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits demarcation problem? action
Unity of science
Unity and reduction.
Unity of science
Unity of science.
- What debates exist about reducing branches to physics, with views attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Change.
Context.
Interdisciplinary
New fields.
Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary.
- How do interdisciplinary fields such as bioinformatics emerge? provenance
- Which entry fits interdisciplinarity? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did natural philosophy split into modern branches? provenance
- Which entry fits natural philosophy? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should branch-of-X aliases be expanded into separate entries?
- How should classification schemes be linked?
- How should the status of legal science and cartography be presented?