Epistemic Competence: Philosophical-methodological understanding of scientific novelty in the doctoral thesis

Deroncele-Acosta A.; Gross-Tur R.; Medina-Zuta P.; Mena J. · Revista de Filosofia (Venezuela) (2022) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7059265

Resumen

The article aims to analyze methodological and philosophical aspects of scientific novelty in a doctoral thesis, as a singularity of the semiotic dimension of the researcher's epistemic competence. To this end, the role of the researchers' subjectivity and the active role of the philosophy of science for the understanding of these categories are valued. The methodology was developed from the dialectical paradigm and qualitative approach, with the participation of 40 experts from 10 countries and four doctoral groups; the methods of systematization of experience and grounded theory were combined; the expert interview was used, complemented by a focus group in 4 doctoral groups and the content analysis of 50 doctoral theses. The results of the interview confirm 16 themes and four macro categories that help to understand what scientific novelty is, how it is evidenced in the text, its qualities, how it is constructed and what is the role of the philosophy of science in this process; The focus group evidenced difficulties of the doctoral students in the execution of the phase of epistemic transcendence of the theoretical construction method, for which reason they proceeded to elaborate reflexive, didactic and methodological guidelines based on the content analysis of doctoral theses and the systematization of experiences. and professional training experiences that explain how scientific novelty is specified in a doctoral thesis.

Instituciones: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola