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The book examines the emerging approach of using qualitative
methods, such as interviews and field observations, in the
philosophy of science. Qualitative methods are gaining popularity
among philosophers of science as more and more scholars are
resorting to empirical work in their study of scientific practices.
At the same time, the results produced through empirical work are
quite different from those gained through the kind of introspective
conceptual analysis more typical of philosophy. This volume
explores the benefits and challenges of an empirical philosophy of
science and addresses questions such as: What do philosophers gain
from empirical work? How can empirical research help to develop
philosophical concepts? How do we integrate philosophical
frameworks and empirical research? What constraints do we accept
when choosing an empirical approach? What constraints does a
pronounced theoretical focus impose on empirical work? Nine experts
discuss their thoughts and empirical results in the chapters of
this book with the aim of providing readers with an answer to these
questions.
The book examines the emerging approach of using qualitative
methods, such as interviews and field observations, in the
philosophy of science. Qualitative methods are gaining popularity
among philosophers of science as more and more scholars are
resorting to empirical work in their study of scientific practices.
At the same time, the results produced through empirical work are
quite different from those gained through the kind of introspective
conceptual analysis more typical of philosophy. This volume
explores the benefits and challenges of an empirical philosophy of
science and addresses questions such as: What do philosophers gain
from empirical work? How can empirical research help to develop
philosophical concepts? How do we integrate philosophical
frameworks and empirical research? What constraints do we accept
when choosing an empirical approach? What constraints does a
pronounced theoretical focus impose on empirical work? Nine experts
discuss their thoughts and empirical results in the chapters of
this book with the aim of providing readers with an answer to these
questions.
Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most
widely read book about science in the twentieth century. His terms
'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' entered everyday speech, but
they remain controversial. In the second half of the twentieth
century, the new field of cognitive science combined empirical
psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. In this book, the
theories of concepts developed by cognitive scientists are used to
evaluate and extend Kuhn's most influential ideas. Based on case
studies of the Copernican revolution, the discovery of nuclear
fission, and an elaboration of Kuhn's famous 'ducks and geese'
example of concept learning, this volume, first published in 2006,
offers accounts of the nature of normal and revolutionary science,
the function of anomalies, and the nature of incommensurability.
Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most
widely read book about science in the twentieth century. His terms
'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' entered everyday speech, but
they remain controversial. In the second half of the twentieth
century, the new field of cognitive science combined empirical
psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. In this book, the
theories of concepts developed by cognitive scientists are used to
evaluate and extend Kuhn's most influential ideas. Based on case
studies of the Copernican revolution, the discovery of nuclear
fission, and an elaboration of Kuhn's famous 'ducks and geese'
example of concept learning, this volume, first published in 2006,
offers accounts of the nature of normal and revolutionary science,
the function of anomalies, and the nature of incommensurability.
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