Abstract
This paper begins with a historical reference whose purpose is to
distinguish the various philosophical positions given throughout the
construction of science. The path is divided into two periods, before and after
the seventeenth century, on the one hand, focuses on the Greek thought
constituted by the Aristotelian and Galilean traditions; On the other hand are
presented the great epistemological traditions: Rationalism and Empiricism. It
continues in the XIX with Augusto Comte who introduces the positivist
approach to science till the figure of Thomas Kuhn with the concept of
paradigm. Then, it is about the styles of thought and epistemological
approaches due to each human being has a particular way of approaching
reality, learning, solving problems, inferring, developing in their environment or
following certain patterns that resemble or differentiate them from others. Then
the relationship between them is established, proving that they are the support
of any scientific revolution exhibited in the course of history. Finally, it is
concluded that all research work acquires a value in the context of the belief
system where it has been raised, rather than within impositions of paradigms
that establish supposedly indisputable and universal schemes.
Keywords: epistemology; rationalism; empiricism; reasoning.
Date Received: 15-08-2017
Date Acceptance: 25-10-2017
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Styles of Thought and Epistemological Approaches