Thomas Kuhn
a philosophical history for our times
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Word Count
118,000 words, Guess
Page Count
472 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22133314M
- ISBN-100226268942
- OCLC Control Number42772244
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_0226268969_0
- Library of Congress Control Number99056974
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- Goodreads374875
- LibraryThing2855293
Classifications
- LCCQ175 .F927 2000
Description
The pilgrimage from Plato to NATO (episodes in embushelment) -- The last time scientists struggled for the soul of science -- The politics of the scientific image in the age of Conant -- From Conant's education strategy to Kuhn's research strategy -- How Kuhn unwittingly saved social science from a radical future -- The world not well lost (philosophy after Kuhn) -- Kuhnification as ritualized political impotence (the hidden history of science studies).
First Sentence
One of the most vivid metaphors that Jesus used to address his Apostles was of the lamp hidden beneath a bushel basket, a situation that of course only served to subvert the lamp's illumination.
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