Meanings
plural ur-sciences
- countableuncountableEarly, original, or foundational science
It would be natural to suppose that it is classical logic (or some near thing) that lays rightful claim on the status of this ur-science.
2009, Shahid Rahman, John Symons, Dov M. Gabbay, Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science - Volume 1 - Page 2561 more example
The second key distinction is between praxeology and history, which Mises considers the two ur-sciences of human action (Mises [1949] 1996, 30–32); praxeology studies the theoretical and necessary characteristics of action, while history studies its contingent characteristics and manifestations.
2015, Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne, The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics - Page 19Synonyms: proto-science
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEarly, original, or foundational science
Origin
From ur- (“primitive, original”) + science.
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