Scientific revolutions /

Scientific revolutions / [print] edited by Ian Hacking. - Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1981. - 180 pages ; 21 cm. - Oxford readings in philosophy . - Oxford readings in philosophy. .



Introduction -- A function for thought experiments Meaning and scientific change The 'corroboration' of theories The rationality of scientific revolutions History of science and its rational reconstructions Lakatos' philosophy of science A problem-solving approach to scientific progress How to defend society against science by T.S. Kuhn -- by Dudley Shapere -- by Hilary Putnam -- by Sir Karl Popper -- by Imre Lakatos -- by Ian Hacking -- by Larry Laudan -- by Paul Feyerabend.



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Science--Philosophy.
Philosophy.

Q175 Q175.H121.S354 1981