Thomas Kuhn (Contemporary Philosophy in Focus)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521796484
Subjects: Cultural studies; History of science; Philosophy of science; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Kuhn, Thomas S; Biography & Autobiography; Philosophy; Biography/Autobiography; Science; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys; Philosophers
First sentence: Conventional wisdom concerning twentieth-century philosophical approaches to scientific knowledge has held that Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions is diametrically opposed to the philosophical movement known as "logical positivism" or "logical empiricism."