Demarkacja w naukach o bezpieczeństwie

Scientific knowledge involves differentiating between what is relevant and irrelevant in the process of describing the reality. While gaining knowledge, demarcation plays a key role of proving the verity of a theory. The science of security, just like any other discipline, determines the value of a theory on the basis of the completeness of justified theorems and hypotheses resulting from scientific cognition. Demarcation confirms instrumental proficiency and mental predisposition related to the use of scientific methods. Lack of demarcation and its criteria disrupts cognition and diminishes, or simply questions, the value of cognition. Therefore, demarcation in science, including the science of security, is a significant element of scientific cognition. It is essential in achieving both the internal goals of scientific knowledge, connected with research requirements, and its external goals, resulting from the social functions of science.