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Två grader av relativism? - En jämförelse av Thomas Kuhns och Richard Rortys kunskapsteori.
All since Thomas Kuhn’s strongly influential The Structure of Scientific Revolutions the Philosophy of Science and ?even more so ?the Social Sciences have contained a greater amount of theories that could be described as more or less relativistic, meaning that the standards of …
Goods-Dominant Logic, Service-Dominant Logic eller något annat?
… Marketing. The trends that have been observed are situated in the framework of Thomas S. Kuhn’s philosophy of science. The aim has been to make an analysis about which stage marketing is in its scientific revolution today. Kuhn’s philosophy has, as far as we know, never been …
Från normal till postnormal vetenskap
This essay describes the philosophy of science that Thomas Kuhn puts forth in his work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The question is, does his description of the scientific paradigm work as well today as in the examples he gave in the book? The conclusion is that …
Mot en ny konstkritik
The paper discusses the problems contemporary Swedish art criticism faces when judging performance art and interactive art. Problems include among others that performance art is collectively ignored in Swedish newspaper art criticism. This prevents art critics from fair …
ämnets betydelse för studentens yrkesinriktning
… questionnaire survey. The theory behind our research derives mainly from Thomas Kuhn and Richard Whitley. In addition to their theories, a comparative study of Library and Information Science in the Nordic countries by Vakkari et alii has been auxiliary to this study. When …
hur den sentida forskningen inom socialt arbete använder sig av teorier kring senmodernitet
… discussion I take my stand in theories about science authored by for example Thomas S. Kuhn and Imre Lakatos. The result of the study shows that theories concerning the late-modern society are taken under some kind of consideration in 40 % of the investigated dissertations. In …
vetenskapligt paradigm eller politisk kameleont?
… distinguishing features as the scientific progress. The analysis is based on Thomas Kuhn's definition of a scientific paradigm through the concepts of consensus, crisis and revolution. I also look for alternative ways to explain the sudden appearance of empowerment at the world …
En komparativ analys av diplomatihistoria och internationella relationer
… (IR). The study applies the theory of scientific development formulated by Thomas Kuhn and the concept of paradigm on the field of cold war research. Diplomatic history and IR shows many similarities in their development, and in the importance different schools has had in …
… of literature as an LIS subject. The theorists I refer to in my study are Thomas. S Kuhn, Frickel & Gross and Richard Whitley, who devoted themselves to the theory of science. Their theories are used to explain how and why a subject, in this case sociology of literature …
Språk och metafor som verktyg i systemarkitektens praktik
… systemarkitektens praktiska kunskap. Essa?n va?ver a?ven in tankega?ngar fra?n Thomas Kuhn, Peter Naur och Donald Schön i syfte att utforska just metaforens, improvisationens och den kreativa kommunikationens roll som verktyg i systemarkitektens praktik.
