Preliminary Ideas on Knowledge – Leturia

Preliminary Ideas on Knowledge, Scientific Thought, Science, and Types of Research | Author: Mauro Fernando Leturia

Collaborators: Jeremías García - Milagros Rao

2025

ISBN 978-950-536-615-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword...................................................................................9

Introduction........................................................................15

Preliminary Clarifications..................................................17

Chapter 1

1. Introduction.- 2. Knowledge and learning.- 

3. Types of knowledge: common, philosophical, and

scientific.- 4. Gnoseology and Epistemology...............23

Chapter 2

1- Science. 2- Classifications of the sciences. 

3- General considerations regarding the Social 

Sciences. 4- Legal Sciences. 5- “Law”

as a science.........................................................................49

Chapter 3

1- The scientific method. 2- Research design 

and planning. Objectives. 3- Problem 

statement. 4- Considerations regarding 

hypotheses. 5- State of the art or theoretical framework. 

6- Data. Data collection, qualitative 

techniques, and quantitative techniques. 7- Information

analysis. 8- Conclusions.......................................................71

Chapter 4

1- Communicating results. 2- Report 

writing. 3- Ideas for aspiring 

writers. 4- Considerations regarding the

act of creation.................................................................107

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Case Studies Appendix

1- Baigorri and the rain-making machine.

2- The story of Semmelweis.

3- The monkey selfie case.

4- The legacy of Coco Chanel: elegance and freedom 

throughout time. 5- The Story of Bertha Benz...........................................131

Bibliography........................................................................161