A Philosophical History for Our Times - Thomas Kuhn

Author: Steve FullerPublisher: Orient LongmanYear: 2005Language: EnglishPages: 472ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125028137 DescriptionThomas 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.REVIEWSA brilliant analysis deserving as wide a readership as the acclaimed book it critiques.-Booklist, Starred ReviewFuller marshals an astonishingly detailed grasp of recent intellectual history to argue that science as we know it has outlived its usefulness. It would behoove scientists to pay close attention to his sprawling, brawling, and gloriously provocative book.-Chet Raymo, Scientific AmericanFuller takes Kuhn apart, toget