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The many encounters of Thomas Kuhn and French epistemology. [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in history and philosophy of science, 2017
The work of Thomas Kuhn has been very influential in Anglo-American philosophy of science and it is claimed that it has initiated the historical turn. Although this might be the case for English speaking countries, in France an historical approach has ...
M. Simons
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An Epistemological Study of Theory Change

open access: yesBulletin of the Section of Logic, 2022
Belief Revision is a well-established field of research that deals with how agents rationally change their minds in the face of new information. The milestone of Belief Revision is a general and versatile formal framework introduced by Alchourrón ...
Theofanis Aravanis
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Kuhnian Perspective on Accounting Science: the emergence of the paradigm to the period of crisis

open access: yesRevista Catarinense da Ciência Contábil, 2020
The work aims to discuss accounting science from the point of view of Kuhnian theory. The study fits as a theoretical essay, in which, based on bibliographic research, to expose ideas and reflect on concepts.
Rafael Sousa Lima   +2 more
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Dynamics of bacterial communities in two unpolluted soils after spiking with phenanthrene: soil type specific and common responders

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2012
Considering their key role for ecosystem processes, it is important to understand the response of microbial communities in unpolluted soils to pollution with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
Guo-Chun eDing   +2 more
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DA PERTINÊNCIA DOS SABERES DOCENTES ÀS PRÁTICAS PEDAGÓGICAS

open access: yesRevista da Faculdade de Educação (Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso), 2019
A profissão docente requer o domínio de diversos saberes para que a aprendizagem aconteça. O presente artigo discute a pertinência da interação entre os conhecimentos construídos nos anos de formação e sua estreita e necessária articulação com o ...
Nádia Maria Ferronatto   +2 more
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Longino's Concept of Values in Science

open access: yesTeorie vědy, 2021
While classical neo-positivists reject any role for traditionally understood values in science, Kuhn identifies five specific values as criteria for assessing a scientific theory; this approach has been further developed by several other authors.
Miroslav Vacura
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Kuhn's ontological relativism [PDF]

open access: yesScience & Education, 1997
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn presented a model of scientific development on which science is characterized by periods of unified research intermittently disrupted by revolutionary change of paradigm. Ever since Kuhn first proposed this model of scientific theory change, relativism, in one form or another, has been ...
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Science, Common Sense and Reality [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Philosophical Investigations
This paper advocates a realist position with respect to science and common sense. It considers the question of whether science provides knowledge of reality. It presents a positive response to that question.
Howard Sankey
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Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

open access: yesVojnosanitetski pregled, 2011
Background. Mounier-Kuhn syndrome or tracheobronchomegaly is a rare disorder characterized by marked dilatation of the trachea and main bronchi, bronchiectasis, and recurrent respiratory tract infections. Its clinical presentation may vary and mimick a variety of disorders. Case report.
Dragica Pesut   +4 more
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The relative a priori. Towards a pragmatist conception of science?

open access: yesArtefactos, 2019
I put forward a revision of the concept of the relative a priori from Michael Friedman’s proposal. I will begin by exposing those aspects of Carnap and Kuhn that underlie the static and dynamic dimensions of Friedman’s project.
Mariano SANJUÁN SALINA
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