Scientific revolutions

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New York: Oxford University Press (1981)
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Bringing together important writings not easily available elsewhere, this volume provides a convenient and stimulating overview of recent work in the philosophy of science. The contributors include Paul Feyerabend, Ian Hacking, T.S. Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, Laurens Laudan, Karl Popper, Hilary Putnam, and Dudley Shapere. In addition, Hacking provides an introductory essay and a selective bibliography.

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A problem-solving approach to scientific progress.Larry Laudan
How to Defend Society from Science.Paul K. Feyerabend
Meaning and scientific change.  (pages 28-59)Dudley Shapere
Lakatos's philosophy of science.  (pages 128--1443)Ian Hacking

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Ian Hacking
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