%0 Journal Article
%T What brings more Benefits – “State of Research” or “History of a Problem”?
%A Cetwiński, Marek
%J Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.18.017.9508
%N Volume 63, Issue 3
%P 27-33
%K definition of scientific work, factors shaping historiography, history of historio¬graphy
%@ 0023-589X
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/co-daje-lepsze-korzysci-stan-badan-czy-historia-problemu
%X Scientific work – according to definition of S. Kościałkowski – is only a work that discusses new issue or presents new arguments for a thesis being subject to scientific discussion. The requirement of newness entails the requirement of erudition – in the choice of research topic and proposed solution of a problem – knowledge of the problem’s history. Simply – knowledge in the history of historiography, perceiving historiography as testimony to the time when it was created, analysis of cultural, ideological and political factors, which were decisive in acceptance or rejection of theses propagated in science. For this reason “history of a problem” is always an inherent part of its solution.