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
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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