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The essential tension : selected studies in scientific tradition and change/ Thomas S. Kuhn

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977Description: xxiii, 366 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 97802264580690226458067
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q175  .K954 1977
Contents:
Preface; I. Historiographic Studies; 1. The Relations between the History and the Philosophy of Science; 2. Concepts of Cause in the Development of Physics; 3. Mathematical versus Experimental Traditions in the Development of Physical Science; 4. Energy Conservation as an Example of Simultaneous Discovery; 5. The History of Science; 6. The Relations between History and the History of Science; II. Metahistorical Studies; 7. The Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery; 8. The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science. 9. The Essential Tension: Tradition and Innovation in Scientific Research?10. A Function for Thought Experiments; 11. Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research; 12. Second Thoughts on Paradigms; 13. Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice; 14. Comment on the Relations of Science and Art; Index.
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Preface; I. Historiographic Studies; 1. The Relations between the History and the Philosophy of Science; 2. Concepts of Cause in the Development of Physics; 3. Mathematical versus Experimental Traditions in the Development of Physical Science; 4. Energy Conservation as an Example of Simultaneous Discovery; 5. The History of Science; 6. The Relations between History and the History of Science; II. Metahistorical Studies; 7. The Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery; 8. The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science. 9. The Essential Tension: Tradition and Innovation in Scientific Research?10. A Function for Thought Experiments; 11. Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research; 12. Second Thoughts on Paradigms; 13. Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice; 14. Comment on the Relations of Science and Art; Index.

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