James B. Conant and Thomas S. Kuhn. Lines of continuity in the historical study of science
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me2.60Keywords:
conceptual schemes, case studies, Kuhn, history of scienceAbstract
This paper defines common lines to the approaches of the historians of science James Conant and Thomas Kuhn. Excluding those special characteristics of their thought about the historical development of science, aspects that express common interests and concerns may be identified.
The appeal to the history of science, the comparison between the practice of science and psychogenetic development of children, the analysis of the institutional factors that affect science, the understanding of the historical process of science through certain conceptual schemes, the characterization of a particular dialectic between facts and theories, the consideration of technical factors in scientific development as well as the criticism of the educational function of textbooks in the training of young researchers, constitute lines of continuity between both authors.
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