Naturalizing Epistemology: Thomas Kuhn and the 'Essential Tension'

by ProfessorFredD'Agostino (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $125.03

  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.