Kuhn's the Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited

ISBN-13: 9780415808552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 260 str.

Vasso Kindi; Theodore Arabatzis

Opis

Chiefly proceedings of a conference held in Aug. 2008 in Athens, Greece.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Vasso Kindi and Theodore Arabatzis  Part 1: Origins and Early Reception  2. Kuhn and Logical Positivism: Gaps, Silences, and Tactics of SSR Gürol Irzik  3. From Paradigm to Disciplinary Matrix and Exemplar James A. Marcum  4. Kuhn’s Fundamental Insight – Reflection on the ‘Social Sciences’, as a Pedagogical and Philosophical Tool for Thinking Adequately About the Natural Sciences Rupert Read and Wes Sharrock  Part 2: Key Concepts  5. Kuhn’s Paradigms Vasso Kindi  6. Some Puzzles about Kuhn’s Exemplars Thomas Nickles  7. Revolution as Evolution: The Concept of Evolution in Kuhn’s Philosophy Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen 8. Incommensurability: Revisiting the Chemical Revolution Hasok Chang  Part 3: Implications  9. Scientific Concepts and Conceptual Change Hanne Andersen  10. Kuhn, Naturalism, and the Social Study of Science Alexander Bird  11. The Structure of Philosophical History: Thoughts after Kuhn Alan Richardson

O autorze

Vasso Kindi is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens, Greece.

Theodore Arabatzis is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens, Greece.