Naturalizing Epistemology Thomas Kuhn and the 'Essential Tension'

by D'Agostino, Fred

• ISBN13: 9780230240995
• ISBN10: 0230240992
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In identifying that the essential tension is the balance between conservative and innovative approaches in the development of knowledge -- tried-and tested or new directions -- Kuhn pointed out that these two attitudes are both appropriate. This study adds to this picture the social and psychological dynamics that underpin any such balancing.

Author Biography

Fred D'Agostino is Professor of Humanities at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Getting It Together	p. 1
Essential Tensions	p. 11
The Facilitative Possibilities	p. 20
The Consistent Pattern	p. 43
Motivating Diversity	p. 64
A Culture of Enquiry	p. 81
The Division of Labor in Communities of Enquiry	p. 111
Some Communities of Enquiry	p. 143
Naturalizing the Essential Tension	p. 161
Notes	p. 185
References	p. 204
Index	p. 214
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