Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is one of the best-known and most influential books of the twentieth century. But were Kuhn's ideas...
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Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is one of the best-known and most influential books of the twentieth century. But were Kuhn's ideas as revolutionary as the conventional wisdom holds ? Steve Fuller argues that Kuhn advocated what was actually a profoundly conservative view of science and how one ought to study its history-a view Fuller charges helped usher in the " Science Wars " and stifle much innovative research.
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The Pilgrimage from Plato to Nato
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