Kuhn, Condorcet, and Comte: On the Justification of the 'Old' Historiography of Science

Autor:	J. C. Pinto de Oliveira
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Multidisciplinary History and Philosophy of Science Historiography of science Philosophy 060302 philosophy 05 social sciences Historiography 06 humanities and the arts 0509 other social sciences Condorcet method 050905 science studies 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Epistemology
Zdroj:	Perspectives on Science. 28:375-397
ISSN:	1530-9274 1063-6145
DOI:	10.1162/posc_a_00344
Popis:	Despite the importance of the “historiographical revolution” in Kuhn’s work, he did not carry out a specific study about it. Without a systematic investigation into it, he even affirms that the “old” historiography of science (OHS) is unhistorical, suggesting its summary disqualification in the face of his “new historiography” of science (NHS). My wider project, of which this paper is a part, is to better discuss the issue of the justification of the NHS. In this paper, I discuss the justification (and the genesis) of the OHS, focusing on Condorcet and Comte and resorting especially to Koyré. This will allow us to understand that the relation between the OHS and the NHS is a new instance of inter-theoretical incommensurability. And, indeed, that the NHS is not stricto senso a new historiography. It is the same historiography used for other disciplines (art, philosophy), which in the twentieth century begins to be applied to science as well.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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