Thomas Kuhn

by Thomas Nickles

• ISBN13: 9780511060939
• ISBN10: 0511060939
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-10-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Contemporary Philosophy in Focus offers a series of introductory volumes to many of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the current age. Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996), the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, is probably the best-known and most influential historian and philosopher of science of the last 25 years, and has become something of a cultural icon. His concepts of paradigm, paradigm change and incommensurability have changed the way we think about science. This volume offers an introduction to Kuhn's life and work and then considers the implications of Kuhn's work for philosophy, cognitive psychology, social studies of science and feminism. The volume is more than a retrospective on Kuhn, exploring future developments of cognitive and information services along Kuhnian lines. Outside of philosophy the volume will be of particular interest to professionals and students in cognitive science, history of science, science studies and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Notes	p. 16
References	p. 17
Kuhn and Logical Empiricism	p. 19
Notes	p. 35
References	p. 41
Thomas Kuhn and French Philosophy of Science	p. 45
Notes	p. 63
Normal Science and Dogmatism, Paradigms and Progress: Kuhn 'Versus' Popper and Lakatos	p. 65
Notes	p. 97
References	p. 99
Kuhn's Philosophy of Scientific Practice 1	p. 101
Notes	p. 119
References	p. 119
Thomas Kuhn and the Problem of Social Order in Science	p. 122
References	p. 140
Normal Science: from Logic to Case-Based and Model-Based Reasoning	p. 142
Notes	p. 170
References	p. 174
Kuhn, Conceptual Change, and Cognitive Science	p. 178
Notes	p. 205
References	p. 206
Kuhn on Concepts and Categorization	p. 212
Notes	p. 239
References	p. 241
Kuhn's World Changes	p. 246
References	p. 258
Does the Structure of Scientific Revolutions Permit a Feminist Revolution in Science?	p. 261
Notes	p. 279
Selected References in English	p. 282
Index	p. 285
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