Progress and Its Problems - Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth

Informationen zum Autor Larry Laudan is a contemporary philosopher of science and epistemologist. He has strongly criticized the traditions of positivism! realism! and relativism! and he has defended a view of science as a privileged and progressive institution against popular challenges. Klappentext Offers a critique and substantial revision of the historic theories of scientific rationality and progress. This book focuses on contextual problem solving effectiveness as a criterion for progress! and expands the notion of 'paradigm' to a 'research tradition!' thus providing a meta-empirical basis for the commensurability of competing theories. Zusammenfassung Offers a critique and substantial revision of the historic theories of scientific rationality and progress. This book focuses on contextual problem solving effectiveness as a criterion for progress, and expands the notion of 'paradigm' to a 'research tradition,' thus providing a meta-empirical basis for the commensurability of competing theories.

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• Authors: Larry Laudan, Laudan Larry
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.1978
• EAN: 9780520037212
• ISBN: 978-0-520-03721-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, History of Science