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Recensioni-Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions. Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of ScienceEpistemologia 23 (1): 169-170. 2000.
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130On the Way to a Theory of Antireductionist ArgumentsIn Ansgar Beckermann, Hans Flohr & Jaegwon Kim (eds.), Emergence or Reduction?: Essays on the Prospects of Nonreductive Physicalism, W. De Gruyter. 1992.
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73Der zusammenhang Von wissenschaftsphilosophie, wissenschaftsgeschichte und wissenschaftssoziologie in der theorie Thomas KuhnsJournal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 22 (1): 43-59. 1991.Summary The paper deals with the interrelations among philosophy, sociology, and historiography of science in Thomas Kuhn's theory of scientific development. First, historiography of science provides the basis for both philosophy and sociology of science in the sense that the fundamental questions of both disciplines depend on the principles of the form of historiography employed. Second, the fusion of sociology and philosophy of science, as advocated by Kuhn, is discussed. This fusion consists …Read more
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6Thomas Kuhn und die Wissenschaftsgeschichte†Berichte Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 24 (1): 1-12. 2001.The article discusses Thomas S. Kuhn's impact on the history of science, especially in the United States of America. First, the state of the history of science in the fifties is sketched. Second, Kuhn's particular contribution to the emerging new historiography of science is presented. Third, Kuhn's role in the m-stitutionalization of the history of science in the USA is considered. Finally, some remarks are made on the relation between Kuhn's historiographic work and his book The Structure of S…Read more
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91Context of discovery versus context of justification and Thomas KuhnIn Jutta Schickore & Friedrich Steinle (eds.), Revisiting Discovery and Justification: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on the Context Distinction, Springer. pp. 119--131. 2006.
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97Systematicity: The Nature of ScienceOxford University Press USA. 2013.In Systematicity, Paul Hoyningen-Huene answers the question "What is science?" by proposing that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge, especially everyday knowledge, by being more systematic. "Science" is here understood in the broadest possible sense, encompassing not only the natural sciences but also mathematics, the social sciences, and the humanities. The author develops his thesis in nine dimensions in which it is claimed that science is more system…Read more
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Paul K. Feyerabend: An ObituaryIn John Preston, Gonzalo Munévar & David Lamb (eds.), The Worst Enemy of Science?: Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend, Oup Usa. 2000.
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10Wozu Wissenschaftsphilosophie?: Positionen und Fragen zur gegenwärtigen Wissenschaftsphilosophie (edited book)W. De Gruyter. 1988.
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45Idealist Elements In Thomas Kuhn'S Philosophy Of ScienceHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 6 (October): 393-401. 1989.
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42This paper deals with the following questions: What features of modern natural science are responsible for the fact that, of all forms of science, this form is technologically exploitable? The three notions: concept of nature, epistemic ideal, and experiment, suggest the most important components of my answer. I will argue, first, that only the peculiar interplay of the modern concept of nature with an epistemic ideal attuned to it can cast experiment in the specific, highly central role it play…Read more
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19A Note on the Concept of GameIn Gregor Betz, Dirk Koppelberg, David Lüwenstein & Anna Wehofsits (eds.), Weiter Denken - Über Philosophie, Wissenschaft Und Religion, De Gruyter. pp. 205-210. 2015.
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2Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions. Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of ScienceTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 56 (2): 374-375. 1994.
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11Philosophical Elements in Thomas Kuhn’s Historiography of ScienceTheoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 27 (3): 281-292. 2012.To begin, the so-called ‘selectivity of historical judgment’ is discussed. According to it, writing history requires a comparative criterion of historical relevance. This criterion contains philosophical elements. In Kuhn’s case, the criterion directs historical research and presentation away from Whiggish historiography by postulating a hermeneutic reading of historical sources. This postulate implies some sort of internalism, some sort of rationality of scientific development, and historical r…Read more
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49More letters by Paul Feyerabend to Thomas S. Kuhn on Proto-StructureStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 37 (4): 610-632. 2006.The paper contains two yet unknown letters that Feyerabend wrote to Kuhn in 1960 or 1961 on a draft of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. In these letters, Feyerabend criticises both details of Kuhn's book and its general direction. The letters anticipate many of the arguments that were put forward in the public controversy against Kuhn's position, including some of the (numerous) misunderstandings. Feyerabend's assertions and arguments are very characteristic of his position in the early …Read more
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46Two letters of Paul Feyerabend to Thomas S. Kühn on a draft of the structure of scientific revolutionsStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 26 (3): 353-387. 1995.
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13Emergenz versus ReduktionIn Georg Meggle & Ulla Wessels (eds.), Analyōmen 1 =, W. De Gruyter. pp. 324-332. 1994.
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17Theorie antireduktionistischer Argumente: Fallstudie BohrDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 39 (1-6): 194-204. 1991.
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16The present volume aims at giving a discussion ot the problems ot reductionism in contemporary life sciences. It contains six papers which deals with reduction/reductionism in different fields ot biological research. Also, the holistic perspective, 1. e. the systems view, is discussed in some ot the papers. The message ot this discussion Is that - whereas reductionism is indeed an important strategy - the systems approach is needed. It is argued by some ot the authors that organisms are complex …Read more
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182Kuhn's conception of incommensurabilityStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 21 (3): 481-492. 1990.
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18"Die neuzeitliche Naturerkenntnis zerstört die Natur". Zu Georg Pichts Theorie der modernen NaturwissenschaftenZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 51 (1). 1997.Die im Aufsatz vorgetragene Kritik am Leitmotiv von Georg Pichts Vorlesung "Der Begriff der Natur und seine Geschichte" kann wie folgt zusammengefaßt werden:1. Das für die Natur bedrohliche Handeln ist nicht primär als angewandte Naturwissenschaft, sondern als technisches Handeln zu bestimmen.2. Die Zerstörung von Natur ist nicht Ausdruck einer Wesensqualität von Wissenschaft, sondern allenfalls eine Nebenfolge ihrer Anwendung, primär aber eine Nebenfolge des technischen Handelns.3. Wissenschaft…Read more
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455The Interrelations between the Philosophy, History and Sociology of Science in Thomas Kuhn‘s Theory of Scientific DevelopmentBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 43 (4): 487-501. 1992.The paper deals with the interrelations between the philosophy, sociology and historiography of science in Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific development. First, the historiography of science provides the basis for both the philosophy and sociology of science in the sense that the fundamental questions of both disciplines depend on the principles of the form of historiography employed. Second, the fusion of the sociology and philosophy of science, as advocated by Kuhn, is discussed. This fusion …Read more
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3Anregung und Empfehlung: Aufklärung auf die Bitte von Herrn Professor Brosche hinBerichte Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 26 (3): 223-224. 2003.