Skip to content

Booksellers & Trade Customers: Sign up for online bulk buying at trade.atlanticbooks.com for wholesale discounts

Booksellers: Create Account on our B2B Portal for wholesale discounts

Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison: Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities?

by Léna Soler , H. Sankey , Paul Hoyningen-Huene
Save 17% Save 17%
Current price ₹22,488.00
Original price ₹26,986.00
Original price ₹26,986.00
Original price ₹26,986.00
(-17%)
₹22,488.00
Current price ₹22,488.00

Imported Edition - Ships in 18-21 Days

Free Shipping in India on orders above Rs. 500

Request Bulk Quantity Quote
+91
Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781402062742
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 395
  • Original Price: USD 219.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2008
  • Item Weight: 749 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Philosophy & Social Aspects

L�NA SOLER This volume is a collection of essays devoted to the analysis of scientific change and stability. It represents the most recent thinking on the topic of incommensurability and scientific theory change. It explores the balance and tension that exists between commensurability and continuity (or stabilities) on the one hand, and incommen- rability and discontinuity (or ruptures) on the other. And it discusses some central epistemological consequences regarding the nature of scientific progress, rationality and realism. With respect to these topics, it investigates a number of new avenues and revisits some familiar issues, with a focus on the history and philosophy of physics, in a way that is informed by developments in cognitive sciences as well as the claims of "New experimentalists". The essays in this book are fully revised versions of papers which were ori- nally presented at the international colloquium, "Repenser l'�valuation comparative des th�ories scientifiques: stabilit�s, ruptures, incommensurabilit�s?" organized by L�na Soler and Paul Hoyningen-Huene at the University of Nancy, France, in June 2004. Each paper is followed by a critical comment, which either represents an opposing viewpoint or suggests some developments. The conference was a striking example of the sort of genuine dialogue that can take place between philosophers of science, historians of science and scientists who come from different traditions and endorse opposing commitments. I hope that this is evident in the book too and that it will constitute one of its attractions.

Trusted for over 49 years

Family Owned Company

Secure Payment

All Major Credit Cards/Debit Cards/UPI & More Accepted

New & Authentic Products

India's Largest Distributor

Need Support?

Whatsapp Us