Kuhn vs. Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science (Revolutions in Science)
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231134282 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Kirkus)It's a fascinating and, at 132 pages, delightfully concise work. (Robert J. (Neil McLaughlin Canadian Journal of Sociology Online)A provocative read. This is an eloquently written book, offering new and interesting perspectives on the moral and social ramifications of this debate. (Milja Kurki History of Political Thought)Provocative and brilliant. (Ray Percival New Scientist)A succinct yet in-depth inquiry into a significant philosophical issue. (Choice)
Popper" and what it will mean for the future of scientific inquiry.. In contrast, Karl Popper's seminal book The Logic of Scientific Discovery has lapsed into relative obscurity. This debate raises a vital question: Can science remain an independent, progressive force in society, or is it destined to continue as the technical wing of the military-industrial complex? Drawing on original researchincluding the Kuhn archives at MITFuller offers a clear account of "Kuhn vs. Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions has sold over a million copies in more than twenty languages and has remained one of the ten most cited academic works for the past half century. But has this victory been beneficial for science? Steve Fuller argues that not only has Kuhn's dominance had an adverse impact on the field but both thinkers have been radically misinterpreted in the process.
Steve Fuller is professor of sociology at the University of Warwick, England, and the author of Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times.
Neil DeRosa said Fuller's Preoccupation. Among the first things one notices when reading Kuhn vs. Popper is Steven Fuller's preoccupation with Kuhn's politics (or lack thereof, which amounts to the same thing). It is true that in Kuhn's system, science is affected by politics and ideology, among many other factors. But to Kuhn, if you want to solve problems in science you try to see the encumbrances for what they are, as obstacles to be overcome. To Fuller on the other hand, politi. Sociological fluff Viktor Blasjo This book is incoherent fluff. I do not have the patience to give more than one illustration of this very plain fact, so let us consider for example Chapter 8, which is called "So, why are philosophers of science pro-science?"According to Fuller, "At work here is a relatively unnoticed legacy of Cold War science policy [which] encouraged the scientist to function less as a free agent who aims to transcend boundaries than a cognitive module. Alwyn Scott said A DISAPPOINTMENT. KUHN VS. POPPER: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF SCIENCEAs a working scientist, I approached this little book with interest, for four reasons. First, Thomas Kuhn's perspectives on scientific progress have seemed correct to me since my first reading of his classic "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", back in the 1960s. Second, the views of Karl Popper that I have come across - with respect to the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen problem of quantum