Wes Sharrock: Kuhn | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

Thomas Kuhn's shadow hangs over almost every field of intellectual inquiry. His book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has become a modern classic. His influence on philosophy, social science, historiography, feminism, theology, and (of course) the natural sciences themselves is unparalleled. His epoch-making concepts of 'new paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' make him probably the most influential scholar of the twentieth century.

Sharrock and Read take the reader through Kuhn's work in a careful and accessible way, emphasizing Kuhn's detailed studies of the history of science, which often assist the understanding of his more abstract philosophical work. These historical studies provide vital insight into what Kuhn was actually trying to achieve in his The Structure of Scientific Revolutions an endeavour far less extreme than either his 'foes' or his 'fans' claim. In the book's second half, Sharrock and Read provide excellent explications, defences and, where appropriate, criticisms of Kuhn's central concept of 'incommensurability', and tackle head on the crucial issue of whether Kuhn's insights concerning the natural sciences can be extrapolated to other disciplines, such as the social sciences.

This is the first comprehensive introduction to the work of Kuhn and it will be of particular interest to students and scholars in philosophy, theory of science, management science and anthropology.

Über den Autor

Wes Sharrock is Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester and Rupert Read is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations for Kuhn's Works.

Introduction: The Legendary Thomas Kuhn.

Part I Exposition.

1 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

2 The Historical Case Studies.

Part II Critical Issues.

3 Kuhn and the Methodologists of Science.

4 Incommensurability 1: Relativism about Truth and Meaning.

5 Incommensurability 2: World Changes.

Conclusion: The Unresolved Tension.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2002
Fachbereich:	Östliche Philosophie
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Region:	Osten
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780745619293
ISBN-10:	0745619290
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Sharrock, Wes Read, Rupert
Hersteller:	Polity Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	228 x 153 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Wes Sharrock (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.10.2002
Gewicht:	0,372 kg

Artikel-ID: 103833074