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Thomas Kuhn (idea)

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(idea) by jderrida Fri Feb 01 2002 at 1:22:28
Bibliography of Kuhn's (b.1922, d.1996) books:
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962
  • The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought, cica.1957
  • The Essential Tension, collected essays.
Key Concepts in Kuhn's work include:
  • Paradigm
  • Normal Science vs. Revolutionary Science
  • Incommensurability
  • Conceptual Schemes (see Donald Davidson)
  • Scientific Communities
  • Falsification (see Karl Popper)
Related Philosophers of Science include:
  • Paul Feyeraband
  • Karl Popper
  • Bruno Latour
  • Hilary Putnam
  • Pierre Duhem

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Are there any scientific alternatives to evolution? Paul Feyerabend The Theory of Evolution is not a valid theory Bruno Latour
Incommensurability Falsification Descriptive and Prescriptive Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Science and Certainty
Michel Foucault vs. Thomas Kuhn The Abolition of Stupidity Thomas Mann Crackpot Index
On the Perception of Incongruity Philosophers of science Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Thomas Robert Malthus, Science and Society Mandelstahm's Lost Treatise on Chess
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