282pp. First published n 1970; stated: "Transferred to digital printing 2004". Includes "Note on the Third Impression", "London, January, 1974"; Name Index, pp. 279-282. Glossy wraps with rose shading into white from top to bottom front cover, title lettering in white over rose across top 1/4 front cover; rectangular box on 3/4 front cover, beginning below title lettering in white and reversing the gradual color transition from cover sides from white to rose, with editor name lettering in black over rose across lower 1/4 front cover. Ink underlining on 13 pages (of 282pp): the first two pages of Kuhn's lead essay, "Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research?", pp. 1-23; each page of Sir Karl Popper's essay, "Normal Science and its Dangers", pp. 51-58; 3 pp (pp. 92, 93, 99) of Imre Lakatos' essay "Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes", pp. 91-196. Despite the underlining (13 of 282 pp), Solid copy, essentially Fine: tight binding, sharp corners, no previous owner names, most of text clean. Seller Inventory # 001591

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Title: Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge: ...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, London and New York

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Two books have been particularly influential in contemporary philosophy of science: Karl R. Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery, and Thomas S. Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Both agree upon the importance of revolutions in science, but differ about the role of criticism in science's revolutionary growth. This volume arose out of a symposium on Kuhn's work, with Popper in the chair, at an international colloquium held in London in 1965. The book begins with Kuhn's statement of his position followed by seven essays offering criticism and analysis, and finally by Kuhn's reply. The book will interest senior undergraduates and graduate students of the philosophy and history of science, as well as professional philosophers, philosophically inclined scientists, and some psychologists and sociologists.

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