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Controversy spaces : a model of scientific and philosophical change / edited by Oscar Nudler.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Nudler, Oscar.
Series:
Controversies ; v. 10.
Controversies (CVS), 1574-1583 ; v. 10
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Philosophy.
Philosophy--History.
Science--Philosophy.
Science.
Science--History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (194 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The notion of controversy space is the key element of the new model of scientific and philosophical change introduced in this book. Devised as an alternative to classical models, the model of Controversy Spaces is a heuristic tool for the reconstruction of processes of conceptual change in the history of science and philosophy. The first chapter of this volume outlines in its initial section the historical trajectory of the dialectical, adversarial approach to the progress of knowledge, from its ancient flourishing and its almost complete oblivion in modernity up to its contemporary rev
Contents:
pt. 1. The model of controversy spaces
pt. 2. controbersy spaces in the history of philosophy
pt. 3. Controversy spaces in the history of science.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
9786613280497
9781283280495
1283280493
9789027284846
9027284849
OCLC:
753480180

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