Paradigms Explained Rethinking Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of Science

Name: Paradigms Explained Rethinking Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of Science
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ISBN: 9780275969998

ISBN-10: 0275969991

ISBN-13: 9780275969998

Edition: 2001

Authors: Erich von Dietze

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Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which examines paradigm theory as it relates to philosophy of science, is among the most widely read--and debated--books in the history and philosophy of science. In Paradigms Explained, the author examines both the contributions and the limitations of Kuhn's work on paradigm theory, offering arguments for why Kuhn's initial ideas fail, as well as how his later and lesser-known works offer a modified and more workable solution to the problems Kuhn attempted to address in Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Von Dietze's accessible writing style and thought-provoking exploration of Kuhn's writings and their impact on scientific,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/30/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990



Preface


Introduction



The Ideal of Certainty: Foundationalism and Its Problems


The Emergence of Foundationalism


Positivism and Empiricism


Some Difficulties for Foundationalism


Popper's Developments


Further Difficulties for Foundationalism


Finding a Way Forward



Kuhn's Paradigm Theory


Theories as Structured Wholes


Paradigms


Normal Science


Crisis and Breakdown


The Transitional Phase


Acceptance of the Need for a New Paradigm


The Adoption of a New Paradigm



The Early Paradigm Debate


Key Areas of Debate over Paradigm Theory


Feyerabend's Methodological Anarchism


The Paradigms Debate


In Summary



Kuhn's Clarifications, Responses and Developments


The Early Clarifications


Clarifying the Term Paradigm


After Paradigms



Applying Kuhn's Paradigms: An Educational Critique


Kuhn's Educational Focus


Critical Thought in Education


Education in Normal Science


Education and Revolutionary Science


The Role of Textbooks


The Role of the Teacher and the Place of the Student


Kuhn's Second Thoughts on Paradigm Education


Learning Lexicons



Coherence Theory of Evidence: A Way Forward


The Question of Evidence


A Coherence Critique of Foundationalist Epistemology


Science: An Adventure of the Human Spirit


Kuhn's Early Revisions Revisited


Lexicons and Coherence


Objections to Coherence Views


Quine and Evidence


A Coherence Theory of Evidence


Kuhn and Coherence


Bibliography


Index