Kutatás-Fejlesztés – Tudományszervezési Tájékoztató, 1983

1. szám - Bibliográfia

123 NEED AND OPPORTUNITY — A NEW SERVICE ASSISTS INSTRUMENTS SUPPLY IN RErSEARCH A staff member of the Instruments and Measuring Technique Service of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences reports on the Catalogue of Free Instruments Capacity which has been functioning in the Department of Consultation of the afore-mentioned institution since January 1, 1982. R+D work has a growing demand on more and more reliable and precise instruments but the present economic situation makes impossible for every research unit to acquire all types of facilities. The Catalogue of Free Instruments Capacity constitutes an informational channel between the free experimental capacity of highly valuable instruments and the needs for them. The Catalogue of Free Instruments Capacity contributes not only to the reduction and better utilization of investments but it will make good use of expertise and work-time of the staff responsible for the handling and maintenance of these facilities. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPLES AND MECHANISMS OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION IN SOME ADVANCED SOCIALIST AND CAPITALIST COUNTRIES No cross-national comparative studies on the mechanisms of research administration and principles of research policy in various countries which would be suitable for drawing conclusions have been made so far. The evaluation of the established control mechanisms is aggravated by several misconceptions, e.g. frequently, there is no distinction made between the effectiveness of control and that of research; the importance of the R+D share in national income and the number of researchers per 1000 inhabitants are overemphasized in the evaluation of science policy. Comparison is rendered more difficult by national variations and their relevance in science policy. THE CONCEPT OF SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND ITS PHILOSOPHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ANALYSIS The main effort of I. Niiniluoto belonging to A.J. Hintikka's Finnish school of logic and theory of science is to clarify the content of this concept and to reveal the ways, ends and means of science development.His stock of means is comparatively rich, i.e. parallel to semantics, semiotics, logical constructions and science methodology the components of the history of science, the sociology of knowledge and those of science of science can be found in his works. In this paper Niiniluoto tries to clarify the concept of progressive development of science by using semantic devices. From methodological aspect he starts from drawing a parallel between truth and science /scientific knowledge/ and arrives at the conclusion that the essence and main goal of science development which are to approach the truth can be identified by the realistic approach. Sadowski, doctor of philosophical sciences translated Niiniluoto's paper for Filosofskie Nauki in the same number of which he published