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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Thomas Kuhn"”.
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Objectivity in Feminist Philosophy of Science
… by such philosophical heavyweights as Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper, followed by an analysis of the concept of objectivity with the work of such feminist philosophers of science as Donna Haraway, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, and Sandra Harding, reveals that feminist philosophers of science are …
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A Language-Game Justification for Narrative in Historical Explanation
… and paradigm models of Arthur Danto and Thomas Kuhn for explaining historical events.
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Ludwik Fleck and his concept of a scientific fact
… of science, primarily through the work of Thomas Kuhn with subsequent echoes from the direction of the sociology of science. Most writers, however, have restricted their focus upon only one of Fleck's publications, The Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact (1935), and have …
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Nothing to disagree about: Aristotle, Newton, and the existence of void as seen through a Kuhnian lens
… something like that offered by Thomas Kuhn, can be used to to explain the disagreement between Aristotle and Isaac Newton regarding the existence of void. A significant portion of the work is directed at identifying Kuhn’s mature conception of theoretic incommensurability and at …
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The world's greatest wagon works : a history of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, 1856 to 1966
… the years 1856 to 1966.The applicability of the Kuhnian paradigmatic process of culture change to the South Bend-Studebaker interaction sphere was considered as well.Ninety-seven employees of the company were selected and interviewed in regard to their knowledge of the company and its impact upon …
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Realism and Hegemonic Moralism: Germany and the United States in the Build-Up to the Second Gulf War
… Relations, as described by John Vasquez via Thomas Kuhn, is occurring as evidenced by the conduct of United States foreign policy towards Iraq. This new paradigmatic approach, which Edward Weisband has titled Hegemonic Moralism, is analyzed in this thesis, explicating the ontological …
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An Ideal -Typical Approach to Methodology in Comparative Music Education
… change and normative and sociological laws) and Thomas Kuhn (in the area of paradigmatic change). In addition, the thoughts of Max Weber are considered regarding the nature of ideal-types. The ideal-typical model, as developed by Holmes, considers the natures of man, society, and knowledge …
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Exploración conceptual de la responsabilidad patrimonial del Estado frente al desplazamiento forzado.
… científicas, propuesta por el profesor Thomas Kuhn. En ese orden, encontramos en primer lugar, que es posible hablar de un paradigma tradicional de la REPE pero muy difícil hallar sus contornos con absoluta precisión. Se trata de un complejo andamiaje de conceptos, creencias y valores en …
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A natureza teleológica do princípio darwiniano de seleção natural : a articulação do metafísico e do epistemológico na origem das espécies
… certas idéias básicas das análises feitas por Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend e Imre Lakatos, entre outros, e, sobretudo, seu reconhecimento do papel do núcleo metafísico presente no questionamento científico; (2) a busca de uma compreensão contextualizadora da estrutura lógico-conceitual em que …