KUHN VS. POPPER: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF SCIENCE
Book ID/图书代码: 12844011B46382
English Summary/英文概要: Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions has sold over a million copies in more than twenty languages and has remained one of the ten most cited academic works for the past half century. In contrast, Karl Popper’s seminal book The Logic of Scientific Discovery has lapsed into relative obscurity. Although the two men debated the nature of science only once, the legacy of this encounter has dominated intellectual and public discussions on the topic ever since.Almost universally recognized as the modern watershed in the philosophy of science, Kuhn’s relativistic vision of shifting paradigms -- which asserted that science was just another human activity, like art or philosophy, only more specialized -- triumphed over Popper’s more positivistic belief in science’s revolutionary potential to falsify society’s dogmas. But has this victory been beneficial for science? Steve Fuller argues that not only has Kuhn’s dominance had an adverse impact on the field but both thinkers have been radically misinterpreted in the process. This debate raises a vital question: Can science remain an independent, progressive force in society, or is it destined to continue as the technical wing of the military-industrial complex? Drawing on original research -- including the Kuhn archives at MIT -- Fuller offers a clear account of "Kuhn vs. Popper" and what it will mean for the future of scientific inquiry.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: Thomas Kuhn的《科學革命的結構》被譯成20多種語言,售出百萬冊,近半個世紀都是被引用最多的學術著作。相反,Karl Popper的意義深遠的書《科學發現的邏輯》卻少人問津。這兩位大師只有一次會面,進行了學術辯論,這場辯論自此成為知識份子和公共討論的泰斗對話。
Kuhn對轉移範例的相對觀點,幾乎成為現代科學社會學的分水嶺,他提出科學也像藝術、哲學、一樣是一種人文科學。
這要勝過Popper的實證主義觀點,他相信科學的革命性潛力可以偽造社會教條。這樣的勝利對於科學的發展有好處嗎?Steve Fuller認為Kuhn的勝利對科學社會學有相反的影響,這兩位的觀點都誤解了這一領域的發展過程。
這兩位大師的辯論提出了一個重要的問題:科學可以在社會中成為獨立的進步力量嗎?還是註定是軍工業的技術後援?Fuller應用Kuhn在存檔在麻省理工的研究報告,提供了一份對“Kuhn vs. Popper”辯論的清晰描寫,這對於科學探索將來的發展會造成什麼影響?(Celia)
Awards/获奖情况:“這是一本言簡、易懂的學術書,為我們提供了對辯論的道德和社會學方面給予了新的見解。”——《新科學家》(New Scientist)
“這是對哲學精煉而深入的探討。”——《Kirkus》
“這是一部迷人又言簡意賅的書,一本132頁的學術書。”——《大眾科學》
“這是本豐富有活力的書,總是激勵著人們。”——《金融時報》
“這本生動、銳利的小書,學術專家和一般讀者都會感興趣的。”——《Choice》
“庫恩與波普爾是本簡潔、引人入勝的書,科學哲學家,政治思想的研究人員,對哲學感興趣的外行人都會發現這是本有趣的書。”
——《政治思想史》作者Milja Kurki
About the Author/作者介绍: Steve Fuller,1959年生於美國紐約,先後在美國哥倫比亞大學社會學系和英國劍橋大學科學史與科學哲學系學習,1985年在美國匹茲堡大學科學史與科學哲學系獲得博士學位。1994年任英國特勒姆大學社會學和科學政策教授,1998年起至今任英國瓦立克大學社會學教授。Fuller的研究成果體現在他的多部專著和所發表在眾多刊物上的一系列論文之中。除本書外,他已出版的著作還包括《Social Epistemology》(1988)、《Philosophy of Science and its Discontents》(1993)、《Science》(1997)、《The Governance of Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open Society》(2000)等等
Steve Fuller graduated from Columbia University in History & Sociology before gaining an M.Phil. from Cambridge and Phd from Pittsburgh, both in the History and Philosophy of Science. His major publications are: Social Epistemology(1988), Philosophy of Science and its Discontents(1993), Philosophy, Rhetoric and the End of Knowledge(2003), Science(1997), The Governance of Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open Society(2000).
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