Naturalizing Epistemology
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Naturalizing Epistemology

Thomas Kuhn and the 'Essential Tension'

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Naturalizing Epistemology

Thomas Kuhn and the 'Essential Tension'

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In identifying that the 'essential tension' is the balance between conservative and innovative approaches in the development of knowledge - tried-and tested or new directions - Kuhn pointed out that these two attitudes are both appropriate. This study adds to this picture the social and psychological dynamics that underpin any such balancing.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
9780230251274
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Epistemology in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1 Getting It Together
  5. 2 Essential Tensions
  6. 3 The Facilitative Possibilities
  7. 4 The Consistent Pattern
  8. 5 Motivating Diversity
  9. 6 A Culture of Enquiry
  10. 7 The Division of Labor in Communities of Enquiry
  11. 8 Some Communities of Enquiry
  12. 9 Naturalizing the Essential Tension
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Index