The Structure and Growth of Scientific Knowledge A Study in the Methodology of Epistemic Appraisal

Professor Pandit, working among the admirable group of philosophers at the University of Delhi, has written a fundamental criticism and a constructive re-interpretation of all that has been preserved as serious epistemological and methodological reflections on the sciences in modern Western philosop...

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Main Author: Pandit, G.L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 / Introduction: Methodology, Ideology, and Scientific Revolutions
  • 2 / Epistemic Structuralism: The Limit to Radical Alternatives to Traditional Epistemology
  • 3 / Problems of Structure and Growth: Towards an Interactive Model of The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
  • 4 / Consequences and Alternative Methodologies
  • 5 / The Nature of Methodological Variance: From Commensurable Canons to Incommensurable Strategies
  • Notes
  • Name Index