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Thomas Kuhn : a philosophical history for our times

Author:Steve Fuller

Summary:The pilgrimage from Plato to NATO (episodes in embushelment) -- The last time scientists struggled for the soul of science -- The politics of the scientific image in the age of Conant -- From Conant's education strategy to Kuhn's research strategy -- How Kuhn unwittingly saved social science from a radical future -- The world not well lost (philosophy after Kuhn) -- Kuhnification as ritualized political impotence (the hidden history of science studies)

Print Book, English, ©2000

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Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ©2000

Genre:History

Physical Description:xvii, 472 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780226268941, 9780226268965, 0226268942, 0226268969

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:42772244

Subjects:

Kuhn, Thomas S. 1922-1996

Kuhn, Thomas Samuel, (1922-1996)

Science History

Science Philosophy

Science history

Sciences Histoire

Sciences Philosophie

Structure of scientific revolutions (Kuhn, Thomas S.)

Wetenschapsdynamica

Wetenschapsfilosofie

Contents:

The pilgrimage from Plato to NATO: episodes in embushelment

The last time scientists struggled for the soul of science

The politics of the scientific image in the age of Conant

From Conant's education strategy to Kuhn's research strategy

How Kuhn unwittingly saved social science from a radical future

The world not well lost: philosophy after Kuhn

Kuhnification as ritualized political impotence: the hidden history of science studies

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