Thomas Kuhn's "linguistic turn" and the legacy of logical empiricism : incommensurability, rationality and the search for truth / Stefano Gattei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gattei, Stefano.

Series:

Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.

Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994.

Popper, Karl R.

Logical positivism.

Science--History.

Science.

Science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 deeper cri

Contents:

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

Notes:

"First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-268) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-87910-3

1-315-23612-5

1-281-83422-X

9786611834227

0-7546-9300-7

9781315236124

OCLC:

567983762