Kuhn's Structure of scientific revolutions--50 years on. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William J. Devlin, Alisa Bokulich, editors.
• Editors: Devlin, William J; Bokulich, Alisa
• Contents: 1. Introduction / William J. Devlin, Alisa Bokulich -- 2. Kuhn's Structure: A Moment in Modern Naturalism / Steven Shapin -- 3. Kuhn and the Historiography of Science / Alexander Bird -- 4. From Troubled Marriage to Uneasy Colocation: Thomas Kuhn, Epistemological Revolutions, Romantic Narratives, and History and Philosophy of Science / Alan Richardson -- 5. Reconsidering the Carnap-Kuhn Connection / Jonathan Tsou -- 6. The Rationality of Science in Relation to its History / Sherrilyn Roush -- 7. What Do Scientists and Engineers Do All Day? On the Structure of Scientific Normalcy / Cyrus M. Mody -- 8. From Theory Choice to Theory Search: The Essential Tension between Explanation and Exploitation in Science / Rogier De Langhe and Peter Rubbens -- 9. The Evolving Notion and Role of Kuhn's Incommensurability Thesis / James A. Marcum -- 10. Walking the Line: Kuhn between Realism and Relativism / Michela Massimi -- 11. An Analysis of Truth in Kuhn's Philosophical Enterprise / William J. Devlin -- 12. Kuhn's Social Epistemology and the Sociology of Science / K. Brad Wray -- 13. Kuhn's Development before and after Structure / Paul Hoyningen-Huene.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (199 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 501; Philosophy; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- History; Science_xPhilosophy; History; Ethics; SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- History; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; History of science; Ethics & moral philosophy; Philosophy of science; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319133836; 3319133837
• Related ISBNs: 9783319133829; 3319133829
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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