Thomas Kuhn's 'Linguistic Turn' and the Legacy of Logical Empiricism - Incommensurability, Rationality and the Search for Truth (Hardcover)

Presenting a critical history of the philosophy of science in the twentieth century, focusing on the transition from logical positivism in its first half to the "new philosophy of science" in its second, Stefano Gattei examines the influence of several key figures, but the main focus of the book are Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. Kuhn as the central figure of the new philosophy of science, and Popper as a key philosopher of the time who stands outside both traditions. Gattei makes two important claims about the development of the philosophy of science in the twentieth century; that Kuhn is much closer to positivism than many have supposed, failing to solve the crisis of neopostivism, and that Popper, in responding to the deeper crisis of foundationalism that spans the whole of the Western philosophical tradition, ultimately shows what is untenable in Kuhn's view. Gattei has written a very detailed and fine grained, yet accessible discussion making exceptionally interesting use of archive materials.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
Release date:	November 2008
Authors:	Stefano Gattei
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-6160-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-6160-1
Barcode:	9780754661603

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