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Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Historical Remarks; 1.2 The Question What Is Science? in Focus; 2 The Main Thesis; 2.1 Science and Systematicity; A) A Little History; B) Preliminary Remarks; 2.2 The Concept of Systematicity; 2.3 The Structure of the Argument; 3 The Systematicity of Science Unfolded; 3.1 Descriptions; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Axiomatization; C) Classification, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature; D) Periodization; E) Quantification; F) Empirical Generalizations; G) Historical Descriptions; 3.2 Explanations; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Explanations Using Empirical Generalizations; C) Explanations Using Theories; D) Explanations of Human Actions; E) Reductive Explanations; F) Historical Explanations; G) Explanation and Understanding in the Humanities in General; H) Explanations in the Study of Literature; 3.3 Predictions; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Predictions Based on Empirical Regularities of the Data in Question; C) Predictions Based on Correlations with Other Data Sets; D) Predictions Based on (Fundamental) Theories or Laws; E) Predictions Based on Models; F) Predictions Based on Delphi Methods; 3.4 The Defense of Knowledge Claims; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Non-Evidential Considerations; C) Empirical Generalizations, Models, and Theories; D) Causal Influence; E) The Verum Factum Principle; F) The Role of Mathematics in the Sciences; G) Historical Sciences; 3.5 Critical Discourse; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Norms and Institutions; C) Practices in Science Fostering Critical Discourse; 3.6. Epistemic Connectedness; A) Preliminaries: The Problem; B) Failing Answers; C) The Concept of Epistemic Connectedness; D) Revisiting the Examples; 3.7 The Ideal of Completeness; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Examples; 3.8 The Generation of New Knowledge; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Data Collection; C) The Exploitation of Knowledge from Other Domains; D) The Generation of New Knowledge as an Autocatalytic Process; 3.9 The Representation of Knowledge; A) Some Preliminaries; B) Examples; 4 Comparison with Other Positions; 4.1 Aristotle; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 4.2 Rene Descartes; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 4.3 Immanuel Kant; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 4.4 Logical Empiricism; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 4.5 Karl R. Popper; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 4.6 Thomas S. Kuhn; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 4.7 Paul K. Feyerabend; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 4.8 Nicholas Rescher; A) The Position; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory; 5 Consequences for Scientific Knowledge; 5.1 The Genesis and Dynamics of Science; A) Conceptual Clarifications; B) The Genesis of a Science; C) The Dynamics of Science; 5.2 Science and Common Sense; A) The Preservation of Common Sense; B) The Deviations from Common Sense; C) Additional Remarks; 5.3 Normative Consequences; 5.4 Demarcation from Pseudo-Science; A) A Little History; B) Systematicity Theory’s Demarcation Criterion; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Literature; Literature

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