01850cam a2200265 a 4500 16832597 BD-DhUL 20221212120156.0 110617s2014 xxka b 001 0 eng 9781107632905 (pbk) DLC DLC YDX BTCTA UKMGB YDXCP CDX DEBBG IUL DLC BD-DhUL 501 WRK Wray, K. Brad Kuhn's evolutionary social epistemology / K. Brad Wray. 1st pbk ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. xiii, 229 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. GBP 35.99 Includes index. Bibliography: p. 210-226. "Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) has been enduringly influential in philosophy of science, challenging many common presuppositions about the nature of science and the growth of scientific knowledge. However, philosophers have misunderstood Kuhn's view, treating him as a relativist or social constructionist. In this book, Brad Wray argues that Kuhn provides a useful framework for developing an epistemology of science that takes account of the constructive role that social factors play in scientific inquiry. He examines the core concepts of Structure and explains the main characteristics of both Kuhn's evolutionary epistemology and his social epistemology, relating Structure to Kuhn's developed view presented in his later writings. The discussion includes analyses of the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the plate tectonics revolution in geology. The book will be useful for scholars working in science studies, sociologists and historians of science as well as philosophers of science"-- Provided by publisher. Science Philosophy. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 257588 257588 0 0 ddc 0 501_000000000000000_WRK 0 NFIC 395021 DUL DUL GEN 2022-07-21 Purchased 501 WRK 526661 2022-11-28 1 2022-11-28 BK Philosophy. 0 0 ddc 0 501_000000000000000_WRK 0 NFIC 395022 DUL DUL GEN 2022-07-21 Purchased 501 WRK 526662 2022-11-28 2 2022-11-28 BK Trn. to Philosophy.