Rationality and Methodological Change: Dudley Shapere's Conception of Scientific Development
Over the last 4 or so decades, Dudley Shapere has developed a rich and interesting alternative to the Kuhnian “relativist” account of science and its development. This paper is a review of this alternative viewpoint. It is a critical evaluation of Shapere’s arguments in support of the claim that rad...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2006-06-01
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Series: | Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology |
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Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/14439/13230 |