Contemporary Philosophy in Focus offers a series of introductory volumes to many of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the current age. Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996), the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, is probably the best-known and most influential historian and philosopher of science of the last 25 years, and has become something of a cultural icon. His conc...
Contemporary Philosophy in Focus offers a series of introductory volumes to many of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the current age. Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996), the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, is probably the best-known and most influential historian and philosopher of science of the last 25 years, and has become something of a cultural icon. His concepts of paradigm, paradigm change and incommensurability have changed the way we think about science. This volume offers an introduction to Kuhn's life and work and then considers the implications of Kuhn's work for philosophy, cognitive psychology, social studies of science and feminism. The volume is more than a retrospective on Kuhn, exploring future developments of cognitive and information services along Kuhnian lines. Outside of philosophy the volume will be of particular interest to professionals and students in cognitive science, history of science, science studies and cultural studies.
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波普尔在他的论文《批评和知识的增长》( Lakatos and Musgrave 1970)中对库恩的回答非常奇怪。他重申并且重新强调了他的标准说法:一般而言,科学的态度、真正理性的态度要求所有的假设都允许别人批评(而且要有一种不断怀疑的态度;如果出现批评,我们不仅要允许别人批评,而且必须不断努力,确保好的批评能够出现)。但是,他又声明,他完全同意库恩观点的一个方面——“独断论”有着重要的作用:
我相信科学本质上是批评的……但是我总是强调需要某些独断论。独断论的科学家[这应该肯定是对波普尔的矛盾修饰法]有着重要的作用。如果我们太容易屈服于批评,我们就永远发现不了理论的真正力量在哪里。(p. 55) (查看原文)
还没人写过短评呢
还没人写过短评呢