Kuhn's Intellectual Path

ISBN-13: 9781009060844 / Miękka / 2023 / 245 str.

Denmark) Wray K. Brad (Aarhus Universitet

Opis

Examines the influences on and impact of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

Recenzje

'Wray has provided an important contribution both to the historical understanding of Kuhn's philosophy of science and to the understanding of the historical development of relations between philosophy and sociology of science in particular. The monograph may also prompt new conversa-tions about what different communities at different times have perceived as history and philosophy of science, and how we understand the emergence and development of crossover communities such as HOPOS or &HPS.' Hanne Andersen, Metascience

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Groundwork for Structure: Harvard 1947 to 1955: 1. What did Aristotle Teach Kuhn?; 2. The Influence of James B. Conant; 3. Kuhn and the History of Chemistry; 4. Kuhn and the Logical Positivists; Part II. The Unexpected Uptake: Kuhn and the Social Sciences: 5. Kuhn's Influence on the Social Sciences; 6. The Elephant in the Room: The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge; Part III. Kuhn and the History of Science; 7. Copenhagen, 1962-1963: A Return to the History of Science; 8. Structure, Historicism and the History of Science; Part IV. Kuhn's Philosophical Legacy: 9. Squeals of Outrage from Philosophers; 10. Kuhn and the Contemporary Realism/Anti-realism Debates; 11. Kuhn's Career, Post-Structure.