The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation? (Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society) - Tapa blanda

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9781786603418: The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation? (Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society)
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ISBN 10: 1786603411 ISBN 13: 9781786603418
Editorial: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019

Sinopsis

More than 50 years after the publication of Thomas Kuhn's seminal book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, this volume assesses the adequacy of the Kuhnian model in explaining certain aspects of science, particularly the social and epistemic aspects of science. One argument put forward is that there are no good reasons to accept Kuhn's incommensurability thesis, according to which scientific revolutions involve the replacement of theories with conceptually incompatible ones. Perhaps, therefore, it is time for another "decisive transformation in the image of science by which we are now possessed." Only this time, the image of science that needs to be transformed is the Kuhnian one. Does the Kuhnian image of science provide an adequate model of scientific practice? If we abandon the Kuhnian picture of revolutionary change and incommensurability, what consequences would follow from that vis-à-vis our understanding of scientific knowledge as a social endeavour?

The essays in this collection continue this debate, offering a critical examination of the arguments for and against the Kuhnian image of science as well as their implications for our understanding of science as a social and epistemic enterprise.

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Moti Mizrahi is professor of philosophy at the Florida Institute of Technology, USA.

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Editorial
Rowman & Littlefield International
Año de publicación
2019
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
1786603411
ISBN 13 
9781786603418
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Número de páginas
224
Editor
Mizrahi Moti
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