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1 online resource (x, 277 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy
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Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-268) and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Two Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science; 2 Kuhn and the "New Philosophy of Science"; 3 Incommensurability; 4 Kuhn's "Linguistic Turn"; 5 The Shadow of Positivism; Bibliography; Index. |
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Presenting a critical history of the philosophy of science in the twentieth century, focusing on the transition from logical positivism in its first half to the "new philosophy of science" in its second, Stefano Gattei examines the influence of several key figures, but the main focus of the book are Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. Gattei makes two important claims about the development of the philosophy of science in the twentieth century; that Kuhn is much closer to positivism than many have supposed, failing to solve the crisis of neopostivism, and that Popper, in responding to the de. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996.
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Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996. |
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Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994.
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Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994. |
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Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996. |
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Feyerabend, Paul. |
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Kuhn, Thomas S. |
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Popper, Karl R. |
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Logical positivism.
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Logical positivism. |
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Science -- History.
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Science. |
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History. |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Gattei, Stefano. Thomas Kuhn's "linguistic turn" and the legacy of logical empiricism. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008 (DLC) 2008006974 |
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9780754693000 (electronic book) |
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0754693007 (electronic book) |
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0754661601 |
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9780754661603 |
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