Idiographische und nomothetische Forschung in wissenschaftstheoretischer Sicht

Die Biographik als Forschungsrichtung rekonstruiert also sowohl die Regeln, die in Biographien exemplifiziert sind, als auch die spezifische Art, wie diese Regeln im Leben des Biographierten modifiziert werden. Allerdings wird diese Blickrichtung nicht durch einen direkten Bezug zum "Leben" ermöglicht, denn dieses liegt ja nicht als Gegenstand, sondern nur in Zeichen vor. Auch dieser Blick ist also auf das Zeichenmaterial der Biographie angewiesen, sieht es jedoch unter dem Gesichtspunkt, der gerade nicht auf die Einstimmigkeit des Regelvollzug abhebt, sondern auf die Vielschichtigkeit und Widersprüchlichkeit der Äußerungen, in denen diese Regeln modifiziert werden

The Evolution of Cognitive Load Theory and the Measurement of Its Intrinsic, Extraneous and Germane Loads: A Review

Cognitive Load Theory has been conceived for supporting instructional design through the use of the construct of cognitive load. This is believed to be built upon three types of load: intrinsic, extraneous and germane. Although Cognitive Load Theory and its assumptions are clear and well-known, its three types of load have been going through a continuous investigation and re-definition. Additionally, it is still not clear whether these are independent and can be added to each other towards an overall measure of load. The purpose of this research is to inform the reader about the theoretical evolution of Cognitive Load Theory as well as the measurement techniques and measures emerged for its cognitive load types. It also synthesises the main critiques of scholars and the scientific value of the theory from a rationalist and structuralist perspective

Antirealism and the Roles of Truth

Geschiedenis van Antieke en Middeleeuwse Semantie

Another Solution to the Problem of Theoretical Terms

In this paper, a solution to the problem of theoretical terms is developed that is based on Carnap's doctrine of indirect interpretation of theoretical terms. This doctrine will be given a semantic, model-theoretic explanation that is not given by Carnap himself as he remains content with a syntactic explanation. From that semantic explanation, rules for the truth-value assignment to postulates, i.\,e.\ sentences that determine the meaning of theoretical terms, are derived. The logical status of postulates will be clarified thereby in such a way that the problem of theoretical terms disappears