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Thomas Kuhn

Stephen Turner describes “The Social Study of Science before Kuhn”

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2012

Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions–in many ways established the modern field of science studies. Stephen Turner provides a brief, socioligist’s version of the lead-up to Kuhn’s seminal book.

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Thinking about theories of historiography

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

Recently, I’ve been struck by the sense that what seems to drive history as a profession is not specifically the investigation of new archives, new materials, new places, or new times, but rather simply the larger desire to always pursue what is new qua new.

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Popper, Kuhn, and Creationism

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

Since at least McLean v. Arkansas in 1981, Creationists — Christian fundamentalists who oppose evolution — have turned, intriguingly, to philosophy of science to try to justify the inclusion of Creationism alongside evolution in science classrooms.

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