Book contents
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Groundwork for Structure: Harvard 1947 to 1955
- Part II The Unexpected Uptake: Kuhn and the Social Sciences
- Part III Kuhn and the History of Science
- Part IV Kuhn’s Philosophical Legacy
- Chapter 9 Squeals of Outrage from Philosophers
- Chapter 10 Kuhn and the Contemporary Realism/Anti-Realism Debates
- Chapter 11 Kuhn’s Career, Post-Structure
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 10 - Kuhn and the Contemporary Realism/Anti-Realism Debates
from Part IV - Kuhn’s Philosophical Legacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2022
Book contents
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Groundwork for Structure: Harvard 1947 to 1955
- Part II The Unexpected Uptake: Kuhn and the Social Sciences
- Part III Kuhn and the History of Science
- Part IV Kuhn’s Philosophical Legacy
- Chapter 9 Squeals of Outrage from Philosophers
- Chapter 10 Kuhn and the Contemporary Realism/Anti-Realism Debates
- Chapter 11 Kuhn’s Career, Post-Structure
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
I argue that part of Kuhn's legacy to philosophy of science is the problem of theory change. This has had a profound impact on the realism/anti-realism debates since the early 1980s.
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- Kuhn's Intellectual PathCharting <I>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</I>, pp. 174 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021