The essential tension : selected studies in scientific tradition and change / Thomas S Kuhn
By: Kuhn, Thomas S.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977.Description: xxiii, 366 p.ISBN: 0226458067.Subject(s): Science -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 501 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group Library | 501 KUH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T229 |
pt. 1. Historiographic studies. The relations between the history and the philosophy of science -- Concepts of cause in the development of physics -- Mathematical versus experimental traditions in the development of physical science -- Energy conservation as a an example of simultaneous discovery -- The history of science -- The relations between history and the history of science -- pt. 2. Metahistorical studies. The historical structure of scientific discovery -- The function of measurement in modern physical science -- The essential tension : tradition and innovation in scientific research -- A function for thought experiments -- Logic of discovery or psychology of research -- Second thoughts on paradigms -- Objectivity, value judgment, and theory choice -- Comment on the relations of science and art.
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