Mladenovic Kuhn's Legacy

Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, and Pragmatism
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-52074-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Bojana Mladenovic offers a novel analysis of Thomas Kuhn’s central philosophical project. Kuhn’s Legacy demonstrates the vitality of Kuhn’s philosophical project and its importance for the study of the philosophy and history of science today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mladenovic, Bojana

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. An Overview of Kuhn’s Philosophy of Science
Part I: History
2. The Role of the History of Science in Kuhn’s Early Philosophy
3. “Muckraking” in History
Part II: Rationality
4. Kuhn’s Antirelativism
5. Collective Rationality of Science
6. Looking Back: Progress in Science
Part III: Pragmatism
7. Kuhn’s Pragmatist Roots
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bojana Mladenovic is professor of philosophy at Williams College. She is the editor of Kuhn’s Last Writings (forthcoming), which includes Kuhn’s Shearman Memorial Lectures, "The Presence of Past Science," and his unfinished book, The Plurality of Worlds: An Evolutionary Theory of Scientific Development.