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Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most widely read book about science in the twentieth century. His terms 'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' entered everyday speech, but they remain controversial. In the second half of the twentieth century, the new field of cognitive science combined empirical psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. In this book, the theories of concepts developed by cognitive scientists are used to evaluate and extend Kuhn's most influential ideas. Based on case studies of the Copernican revolution, the discovery of nuclear fission, and an elaboration of Kuhn's famous 'ducks and geese' example of concept learning, this volume, first published in 2006, offers accounts of the nature of normal and revolutionary science, the function of anomalies, and the nature of incommensurability.
Paradigm (Theory of knowledge). --- Cognition --- Constructivism (Philosophy) --- Paradigm (Theory of knowledge) --- Science --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- History --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Cognition. --- Constructivism (Philosophy). --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, --- Arts and Humanities --- Science - Philosophy - History - 20th century --- Science - History - 20th century --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, - 1922-1996
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Analysis (Philosophy) --- Humanities --- Science --- Analysis, Linguistic (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Logical --- Analysis, Philosophical --- Analytic philosophy --- Analytical philosophy --- Linguistic analysis (Philosophy) --- Logical analysis --- Philosophical analysis --- Philosophy, Analytical --- Language and languages --- Methodology --- Philosophy --- Logical positivism --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Humanities Methodology --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel,
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The Politics of Paradigms shows that America's most famous and influential book about science, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions of 1962, was inspired and shaped by Thomas Kuhn's political interests, his relationship with the influential cold warrior James Bryant Conant, and America's McCarthy-era struggle to resist and defeat totalitarian ideology. Through detailed archival research, Reisch shows how Kuhn's well-known theories of paradigms, crises, and scientific revolutions emerged from within urgent political worries—on campus and in the public sphere—about the invisible, unconscious powers of ideology, language, and history to shape the human mind and its experience of the world.
Science --- Cold War --- World politics --- Science and society --- Sociology of science --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Philosophy. --- Social aspects. --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Conant, James Bryant, --- Conant, James B. --- Conant, J. B. --- كننت، جيمس براينت --- كوننث، جايمس ب. --- Kūnant, Jaymz --- کوننت، جيمز --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel,
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Interpreting Kuhn provides a comprehensive, up-to-date study of Thomas Kuhn's philosophy and legacy. With twelve essays newly written by an international group of scholars, it covers a wide range of topics where Kuhn had an influence. Part I deals with foundational issues such as Kuhn's metaphysical assumptions, his relationship to Kant and Kantian philosophy, as well as contextual influences on his writing, including Cold War psychology and art. Part II tackles three Kuhnian concepts: normal science, incommensurability, and scientific revolutions. Part III deals with the Copernican Revolution in astronomy, the theory-ladenness of observation, scientific discovery, Kuhn's evolutionary analogies, and his theoretical monism. The volume is an ideal resource for advanced students seeking an overview of Kuhn's philosophy, and for specialists following the development of Kuhn scholarship.
Science --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Philosophy. --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Théorie de la connaissance. --- Philosophie des sciences. --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, --- Théorie de la connaissance.
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Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions offers an insightful and engaging theory of science that speaks to scholars across many disciplines. Though initially widely misunderstood, it had a profound impact on the way intellectuals and educated laypeople thought about science. K. Brad Wray traces the influences on Kuhn as he wrote Structure, including his 'Aristotle epiphany', his interactions, and his studies of the history of chemistry. Wray then considers the impact of Structure on the social sciences, on the history of science, and on the philosophy of science, where the problem of theory change has set the terms of contemporary realism/anti-realism debates. He examines Kuhn's frustrations with the Strong Programme sociologists' appropriations of his views, and debunks several popular claims about what influenced Kuhn as he wrote Structure. His book is a rich and comprehensive assessment of one of the most influential works in the modern sciences.
Science --- Historians of science --- Philosophers --- Philosophy. --- History. --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Science historians --- Historians --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Historiography --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Structure of scientific revolutions. --- Philosophy --- Philosophie des sciences. --- Sciences --- Philosophes --- Historiens des sciences --- Histoire. --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel
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Science --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Philosophy. --- Popper, Karl R. --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy --- Popper, Karl R --- Kuhn, Thomas S --- 1 --- -Knowledge, Theory of --- #GROL:SEMI-130.2:6 --- 5 (09) --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Filosofie. Psychologie --- Geschiedenis van wiskunde en natuurwetenschappen --- Popper, Karl Raimund Sir --- Kʻo-en --- Kʻu-en --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Popper, Karl Raimund, --- 5 <09> Geschiedenis van wiskunde en natuurwetenschappen --- 1 Filosofie. Psychologie --- Popper, Karl R., --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kʻung-en, --- Popper, Karl Raimund --- Popper, K.R. --- 5 <09> --- Popper, Karl Raimund. --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, --- 1 Philosophy. Psychology --- Philosophy. Psychology --- Science - Philosophy --- Popper, Karl R - (Karl Raimund), - 1902-1994 --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, - 1922-1996
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Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) has been enduringly influential in philosophy of science, challenging many common presuppositions about the nature of science and the growth of scientific knowledge. However, philosophers have misunderstood Kuhn's view, treating him as a relativist or social constructionist. In this book, Brad Wray argues that Kuhn provides a useful framework for developing an epistemology of science that takes account of the constructive role that social factors play in scientific inquiry. He examines the core concepts of Structure and explains the main characteristics of both Kuhn's evolutionary epistemology and his social epistemology, relating Structure to Kuhn's developed view presented in his later writings. The discussion includes analyses of the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the plate tectonics revolution in geology. The book will be useful for scholars working in science studies, sociologists and historians of science as well as philosophers of science.
Science --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Social epistemology. --- Philosophy. --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Structure of scientific revolutions (Kuhn, Thomas S.). --- Epistemology, Social --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Social role --- Knowledge, Sociology of --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Épistémologie --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, --- Arts and Humanities --- Kuhn, thomas samuel (1922-1996) --- Progrès scientifique et technique --- Épistémologie --- Progrès scientifique et technique
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Presenting a critical history of the philosophy of science in the twentieth century, focusing on the transition from logical positivism in its first half to the ""new philosophy of science"" in its second, Stefano Gattei examines the influence of several key figures, but the main focus of the book are Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. Gattei makes two important claims about the development of the philosophy of science in the twentieth century; that Kuhn is much closer to positivism than many have supposed, failing to solve the crisis of neopostivism, and that Popper, in responding to the deeper cri
Logical positivism. --- Science --- History. --- Philosophy. --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Popper, Karl R. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Logical empiricism --- Neo-empiricism --- Neo-positivism --- Physicalism --- Positivism, Logical --- Unity of science movement --- Language and logic --- Logic --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Positivism --- Reductionism --- Relationism --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Verification (Empiricism) --- Vienna circle --- Philosophy --- Popper, Karl Raimund --- Popper, K.R. --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel,
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Philosophy of science --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Popper, Karl Raimund --- Science --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy --- Social aspects --- History --- Political aspects --- Popper, Karl Raimund, --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Popper, Karl R. --- Popper, K.R. --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Popper, Karl Raimund. --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, --- Natural sciences --- Science - Philosophy - Social aspects - History - 20th century. --- Science - Philosophy - Political aspects - History - 20th century. --- Knowledge, Theory of - History - 20th century. --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, - 1922-1996 --- Popper, Karl Raimund, - Sir, - 1902-1994
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Science --- Logical positivism --- Philosophy --- History --- Kuhn, Thomas S. --- Popper, Karl Raimund, --- Logical positivism. --- Philosophy. --- History. --- Popper, Karl R. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Logical empiricism --- Neo-empiricism --- Neo-positivism --- Physicalism --- Positivism, Logical --- Unity of science movement --- Language and logic --- Logic --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Positivism --- Reductionism --- Relationism --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Verification (Empiricism) --- Vienna circle --- Popper, Karl Raimund --- Popper, K.R. --- Kʻo-en, --- Kʻu-en, --- Kuhn, T. S. --- Kʻung-en, --- קון, תומאס ס. --- كون، توماس --- Popper, Karl Raimund. --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, --- Science - Philosophy --- Science - History --- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, - 1922-1996 --- Popper, Karl Raimund, - Sir, - 1902-1994 --- Popper, Karl Raimund (1902-1994) --- Philosophie des sciences --- Sciences --- Positivisme logique --- Critique et interprétation --- Histoire