The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation?

The Kuhnian Image of Science......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
 Introduction......Page 8
Part I: Questioning the Kuhnian Image of Science......Page 30
1 Kuhn’s Incommensurability Thesis: What’s the Argument?......Page 32
2 Modeling Scientific Development: Lessons from Thomas Kuhn......Page 52
3 Can Kuhn’s Taxonomic Incommensurability Be an Image of Science?......Page 68
4 The Demise of the Incommensurability Thesis......Page 82
Part II: Defending the Kuhnian Image of Science......Page 100
5 The Kuhnian Straw Man......Page 102
6 Kuhn, Pedagogy, and Practice: A Local Reading of Structure......Page 120
Part III: Revising the Kuhnian Image of Science......Page 138
7 Redefining Revolutions......Page 140
8 Revolution or Evolution in Science? A Role for the Incommensurability Thesis?......Page 162
Part IV: Abandoning the Kuhnian Image of Science......Page 182
9 The Biological Metaphors of Scientific Change......Page 184
10 Beyond Kuhn: Methodological Contextualism and Partial Paradigms......Page 198
Index......Page 216
About the Editor......Page 220
About the Contributors......Page 222