The Essential Tension
Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
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The Essential Tension
Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
Table of Contents
Preface
I. Historiographic Studies
1. The Relations between the History and the Philosophy of Science
2. Concepts of Cause in the Development of Physics
3. Mathematical versus Experimental Traditions in the Development of Physical Science
4. Energy Conservation as an Example of Simultaneous Discovery
5. The History of Science
6. The Relations between History and the History of Science
II. Metahistorical Studies
7. The Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery
8. The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science
9. The Essential Tension: Tradition and Innovation in Scientific Research?
10. A Function for Thought Experiments
11. Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research
12. Second Thoughts on Paradigms
13. Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice
14. Comment on the Relations of Science and Art
Index
I. Historiographic Studies
1. The Relations between the History and the Philosophy of Science
2. Concepts of Cause in the Development of Physics
3. Mathematical versus Experimental Traditions in the Development of Physical Science
4. Energy Conservation as an Example of Simultaneous Discovery
5. The History of Science
6. The Relations between History and the History of Science
II. Metahistorical Studies
7. The Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery
8. The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science
9. The Essential Tension: Tradition and Innovation in Scientific Research?
10. A Function for Thought Experiments
11. Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research
12. Second Thoughts on Paradigms
13. Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice
14. Comment on the Relations of Science and Art
Index