THE USE OF EPISTEMOLOGISTS IN ARTICLES INDEXED BY THE SCIELO DATABASE

Abstract

Reading different epistemologists reveals the lack of a single way of doing science, while a search of the literature in the field indicates that there is not always a strong link between the field of formation of epistemologists and the fields that use them, making science itself a system in constant construction. Given this context, this article initially seeks to contextualize the importance of understanding the processes of science construction itself in order to view it more critically. Secondly, through bibliometric research in the SciELO database combined with a content analysis methodology, it seeks to identify the uses given to the models of different epistemologists both within and outside their fields, as well as the journals, languages, years, and focus for which each of them has been most used. In conclusion, it is concluded that some philosophers of science end up receiving more attention even outside the fields for which their models were developed. It also highlights the importance of the SciELO database in offering accessible texts on the topic and the existence of a rigidity in these fields in engaging with less conventional epistemological views.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.029-014