Alisa Bokulich
2 Publications
Kuhn's structure of scientific revolutions
William J. Devlin, Alisa Bokulich (eds)
Springer - Berlin
2015
In 1962, the publication of Thomas Kuhn's Structure "revolutionized" the way one conducts philosophical and historical studies of science. Through the introduction of both memorable and controversial notions, such as paradigms, scientific revolutions, and incommensurability, Kuhn argued against the traditionally accepted notion of scientific change as a progression towards the truth about nature, and instead substituted the idea that science is a puzzle solving activity, operating under paradigms, which become discarded after it fails to respond accordingly to anomalous challenges and a rival paradigm.
Scientific structuralism
Alisa Bokulich, Peter Bokulich (eds)
Springer - Berlin
2011
Recently there has been a revival of interest in structuralist approaches to science. Taking their lead from scientific structuralists such as Henri Poincaré, Ernst Cassirer, and Bertrand Russell, some contemporary philosophers and scientists have argued that the most fruitful approach to solving many problems in the philosophy of science lies in focusing on the structural features of our scientific theories.
2 Publications