A new science for a new world?

The text which serves as the basis for the reflections which follow is a single sentence from Tocqueville’s Democracy in America: “A new science of politics is indispensable to a wholly new world.”

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New Science, New World. Denise Albanese

Isis ◽

10.1086/384649 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 91 (1) ◽

pp. 144-144

Author(s):

Pamela Gossin

Keyword(s):

New World ◽

New Science

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„Humor macht kein kranckheit“

DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ◽

10.1055/a-0601-0473 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 143 (25) ◽

pp. 1820-1825

Author(s):

Christian Hick

Keyword(s):

Scientific Revolution ◽

New World ◽

World View ◽

History Of Ideas ◽

New Paradigm ◽

New Science ◽

Humoral Pathology ◽

History Of ◽

Landmark Study

AbstractParacelsus was an adventurer in more than one way. We retrace the little that is known about his life and then focus on his adventures in the history of ideas, namely the scientific revolution he brought about for humoral pathology. Following the landmark study of Pagel (1982) we identify two of his conceptions of disease: diseases as fruits and diseases as minerals, discovered by a new science, a “scientia separationis”. Paracelsus did not merely polemize against humoral pathology, but offered a new world view, a new paradigm, so that his endeavor can be characterized with Kuhn (1962) as a scientific revolution.

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Understanding Cities through Networks and Flows

10.31235/osf.io/mxngm ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Geoff Boeing

Keyword(s):

Complexity Theory ◽

Nonlinear Dynamic ◽

New World ◽

Paradigm Shifts ◽

Dynamic Interactions ◽

System Complexity ◽

New Science ◽

Large Systems ◽

New Evidence

Complexity theory has become a popular frame for conceptualizing and analyzing cities. The theory proposes that certain large systems are characterized by the nonlinear, dynamic interactions of their many constituent parts. These systems then behave in novel and unpredictable ways—ways that cannot be divined by examining the components of the system. Complexity theory problematizes traditional reductionist, linear methods of scientifically analyzing and predicting cities. It also opens up a new world of scholarship to researchers keen to formulate new kinds of sciences that take complexity into account. These attempts usually follow Kuhn’s theory of paradigm shifts: new evidence and modes of thinking undermine an established science, and a new science emerges to replace it.

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