The normal and the revolutionary: Kuhn’s conversations with Rorty

Mayoral, Juan V. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: In this paper I examine Thomas Kuhn’s epistolary and in-person exchanges with Richard Rorty, and their significance to the former’s work on the nature of scientific development during the years 1976–1986. Accordingly, it corresponds to a significant evolution of Kuhn’s thought from the position expounded earlier in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. These letters show how Kuhn’s philosophy of science evolved towards a greater emphasis on a key aspect of his former work—the nature of ‘the essential tension’—and that his more linguistically-oriented perspective in these latter years has that emphasis as its goal—at least as a significant part.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/02698595.2023.2248546

Año: 2023

Publicado en: International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (2023), 1-16
ISSN: 0269-8595

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Lógica y Filosof.Ciencia (Unidad Predepartam. Filosofía)