Notes on Knowledge, Systems, Language and Scientific Reasoning

This study presents several initial elements of the methodology of scientific and operational observation that business economists and company employees must employ to make their theoretical analyses and work efficient and effective. The assumption is that observed activities gradually move from simple elements – such as the perception and description of objects – to more complex observational activities, such as analogy, which entail the definition of concepts and generalizing abstraction, which leads us to establish the scientific laws and theories through which we attempt to explain reality. Man’s activities unfold in social environments and communities in which thought content is passed on through languages, whose function and forms of use will be considered. The paper ends with some considerations about the problem of scientific knowledge and the use of scientific reasoning and explanations.