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Intro -- Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Contents -- About the Series Editor -- About the Volume Editors -- Contributors -- Part I: Key Authors for the Historiography of Science -- 1 Pierre Duhem: Between the Historiography of Science and Philosophy of History -- Introduction -- Shared Prejudice up Until Les origines de la statique -- The Historiographic Turn: From Les origines de la statique Until Mid-1908 -- The Persistence Toward Medieval Dynamics: The Attribution of Importance to John Buridan and Nicole Oresme and Its Consequences -- The Philosophy of History |
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The Idea of Providence as the Ruler of History -- The Positive Role of Errors -- The Historical Conditionings and the Search for Precursors -- A Legalistic History -- Duhemian (Dis) continuism in Question -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 2 The Origins of Alexandre Koyréś History of Scientific Thought -- Introduction: An ̀̀Almost Inevitable Passage ́́ -- Copernicus -- Galileo -- Descartes -- The Topography of a Concept -- Uncertainty, Disarray, and the Way Out of the Crisis -- The Problem of Philosophy -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References |
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3 Gaston Bachelard and Historical Epistemology: A New Perspective for the History of Science in the Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- A Perspective for the History of Science: The Bachelardian Epistemology -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 4 The Case of Life in the Historiography of Modern Science: Canguilhemś ̀̀Biophilosophy ́́ -- Introduction -- Canguilhemś Historical Epistemology and His Time -- The Historical Epistemology of Life -- Scientific Facts as Vital Facts -- Epistemologist or Philosopher of Life? One or Many Canguilhems |
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The Obstacles to Scientific Knowledge of Life -- History of Science, Historical Epistemology, and Historical Epistemology of the Life Sciences -- Biological Philosophy and Vitalist Themes -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 5 Ludwik Fleck: Thought Style and Thought Collective in the Historiography of Science -- Introduction -- The Thought Collective and Its Thought Style -- A Biological Model for the Historiography of Science -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 6 John Desmond Bernal and ̀̀Bernalism ́́ -- Introduction -- Cambridge ̀̀High Science ́́in the 1920s |
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The London 1931 Congress and the Development of History of Science -- The Social Function of Science -- War Research and History of Science -- Science in History -- History of Science at Cambridge -- ̀̀Bernalism ́́and the New Britain -- The Decline of ̀̀Bernalism ́́and the Birth of STS -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 7 Thomas Kuhnś Legacy for the Historiography of Science -- Introduction -- Paradigms, Scientific Revolutions, and Incommensurability -- History Versus Philosophy: The Debate Between Kuhn and Popper |
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031275104 |
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3031275101 |
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