Kuhn, Thomas /
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) was certainly a "pioneer" not only for history and philosophy of science, or for sociology of scientific knowledge, or even for science studies in general but also for a diversity of disciplines ranging from theology to fine arts to business (Marcum, 2015). What was...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Qualitative pioneers of social research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) was certainly a "pioneer" not only for history and philosophy of science, or for sociology of scientific knowledge, or even for science studies in general but also for a diversity of disciplines ranging from theology to fine arts to business (Marcum, 2015). What was it that Kuhn espoused that had such a pioneering impact on these disciplines? Briefly, Kuhn (2012) popularized the notions of paradigm and paradigm shift to legitimate epistemologically science and its knowledgeand, nonscience disciplines appeared to jump at the opportunity to clothe themselves in the scientific mantle via a consensus paradigm. But to answer the question more fully requires an introduction to the traditional view of science as promulgated by logical positivists as well as by falsificationists, in the ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745320 1529745322 9781526421036 1526421038 |