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The essential tension : selected studies in scientific tradition and change /

""Kuhn has the unmistakable address of a man, who, so far from wanting to score points, is anxious above all else to get at the truth of matters.""--Sir Peter Medawar, Nature

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuhn, Thomas S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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