Predictions of Kvasz's formal epistemology in the perspective of the historical method of Michel Foucault
Abstract
The main topic of the article is the explanation of the dynamics of the relationships between various disciplines in the scientific field, which is formulated by Ladislav Kvasz in the name of the project of formal epistemology. His approach is an alternative to Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions.
In the text is being inquired which bases is the mechanism of the changes of the field built on, and what can therefore be predicted from the model - especially concerning social sciences. It is achieved with the help of the historical method of Michel Foucault, who is emphasizing the need to avoid false continuities in explaining the development of a scientific discipline, which is going through deep discontinuities on its epistemic level.
Special attention is paid to the connection between predictions and the possibility of distinguishing epistemologically and sociologically graspable features of science. As an essential moment is introduced the ability of approaching social sciences with the help of tools, which Kvasz had developed focusing on formal sciences.