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Naturalizing epistemology Thomas Kuhn and the 'essential tension' /

In identifying that the 'essential tension' is the balance between conservative and innovative approaches in the development of knowledge - tried-and tested or new directions - Kuhn pointed out that these two attitudes are both appropriate. This study adds to this picture the social and ps...

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Main Authors: D'Agostino, Fred.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Kuhn, Thomas S.,
Knowledge, Theory of.
Social psychology.
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge.
Philosophy.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230251274
Summary: In identifying that the 'essential tension' is the balance between conservative and innovative approaches in the development of knowledge - tried-and tested or new directions - Kuhn pointed out that these two attitudes are both appropriate. This study adds to this picture the social and psychological dynamics that underpin any such balancing.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 224 p. : 7 figures, 4.
ISBN: 9780230240995
9780230251274 :
0230251277 :
CLC: N02
Contents: Acknowledgements Getting It Together Essential Tensions The Facilitative Possibilities The Consistent Pattern Motivating Diversity A Culture of Enquiry The Division of Labor in Communities of Enquiry Some Communities of Enquiry Naturalizing the Essential Tension References Index.

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