Kuhn vs. Popper
Subtitle: the struggle for the soul of science
By: Steve Fuller.
Series: Revolutions in science
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Kuhn, Thomas S; Popper, Karl Raimund, -- Sir, -- 1902-; Science -- Philosophy -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century; Science -- Philosophy -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; Knowledge, Theory of -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: Kuhn versus Popper
Description: "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. In contrast, Karl Popper's seminal book The Logic of Scientific Discovery has lapsed into relative obscurity. Although the two men debated the nature of science only once, the legacy of this encounter has dominated intellectual and public discussions on the topic over since." "Almost universally recognized as the modern watershed in the philosophy of science, Kuhn's relativistic vision of shifting paradigms - which asserted that science was just another human activity, like art or philosophy, only more specialized - triumphed over Popper's more positivistic belief in science's revolutionary potential to falsify society's dogmas. 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."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-134) and index.