but also from some other
meta-theoretical studies (science-technology-society, science studies, sociology of
scientific knowledge, gender studies, etc.). Because of this diversity of sources, it
has been pointed out both by philosophers and by didacticians of science that there
is no such thing as ‘the’ nature of science. NOS can be construed in quite dissimilar
ways (cf. Matthews 1998, 2012; Allchin 2011; Maurines et al. 2014), ranging from
lists of general features to sets of philosophical models. NOS