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Naturalizing Epistemology

Thomas Kuhn and the ‘Essential Tension’

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  1. Fred D’Agostino

    1. The University of Queensland, Australia

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Getting It Together

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 1-10

  3. Essential Tensions

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 11-19

  4. The Facilitative Possibilities

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 20-42

  5. The Consistent Pattern

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 43-63

  6. Motivating Diversity

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 64-80

  7. A Culture of Enquiry

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 81-110

  8. The Division of Labor in Communities of Enquiry

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 111-142

  9. Some Communities of Enquiry

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 143-160

  10. Naturalizing the Essential Tension

    • Fred D’Agostino
    Pages 161-184

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 185-216
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Queensland, Australia

    Fred D’Agostino

About the author

FRED D'AGOSTINO is Professor of Humanities at The University of Queensland, Australia. He co-edits Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) and previously co-edited the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. His most recent books are Free Public Reason (1996) and Incommensurability and Commensuration (2003). He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and holds Australian Research Council and Australian Learning and Teaching Council grants for work, respectively, in social epistemology and tertiary curriculum development.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Naturalizing Epistemology

  • Book Subtitle: Thomas Kuhn and the ‘Essential Tension’

  • Authors: Fred D’Agostino

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230251274

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Fred D’Agostino 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-24099-5Published: 18 December 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31673-1Published: 18 December 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-25127-4Published: 18 December 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 216

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Epistemology, Modern Philosophy

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