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{{a|book review| | {{a|book review|{{image|Structure|jpg|}}}}'''''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions''''' by {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}{{bi}} | ||
===Small and perfectly formed: one of the great works of modern philosophy=== | ===Small and perfectly formed: one of the great works of modern philosophy=== | ||
{{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s {{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} is a true classic of modern literature. This wonderful little book, which argues for the contingency of scientific knowledge, deserves space on the bookshelf next to [[Adam Smith]]’s ''The Wealth of Nations'' (identifying the contingency of economic value), [[David Hume]]’s ''A Treatise of Human Nature'' (the contingency of cause), Charles Darwin’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} (the contingency of biology) and Richard Rorty’s ''Contingency, Irony and Solidarity'' (the contingency of language) — along with those perennially confusing continental stalwarts {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}} and {{author|Ludwig Wittgenstein}} — as representing the fundamental underpinnings of modern pragmatic thought. | {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s {{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} is a true classic of modern literature. This wonderful little book, which argues for the contingency of scientific knowledge, deserves space on the bookshelf next to [[Adam Smith]]’s ''The Wealth of Nations'' (identifying the contingency of economic value), [[David Hume]]’s ''A Treatise of Human Nature'' (the contingency of cause), Charles Darwin’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} (the contingency of biology) and Richard Rorty’s ''Contingency, Irony and Solidarity'' (the contingency of language) — along with those perennially confusing continental stalwarts {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}} and {{author|Ludwig Wittgenstein}} — as representing the fundamental underpinnings of modern pragmatic thought. | ||
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{{author|Richard Dawkins}} may not like that sort of accountability but, not being a scientist, I do. | {{author|Richard Dawkins}} may not like that sort of accountability but, not being a scientist, I do. | ||
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*[[Paradigm]] for a longer discussion about the relevance of all this in our post-truth world. | |||
*[[Epistemology]] | *[[Epistemology]] | ||
*{{br|No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller}} | *{{br|No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller}} | ||
*{{br|Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race Gender and Identity}} | *{{br|Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race Gender and Identity}} | ||
{{Book Club Wednesday|24/11/20}} | {{Book Club Wednesday|24/11/20}} |