Thomas Kuhn's 'Linguistic Turn' and the Legacy of Logical Empiricism: Incommensurability, Rationality and the Search for Truth

by Stefano Gattei

Presenting a critical history of the philosophy of science in the twentieth century, focusing on the transition from logical positivism in its first half to the "new philosophy of science" in its second, Stefano Gattei examines the influence of several key figures, but the main focus of the book are Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. Kuhn as the central figure of the new philosophy of science, and Popper as a key philosopher of the time who stands outside...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754661601
• ISBN13: 9780754661603
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"