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The ‘New’ History of Science: Implications for Philosophy of Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Rachel Laudan
Rachel Laudan*
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University of Hawaii
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It is the fall of 1992. A certain young graduate student—let us call her Sue Smithson—has just completed her comprehensives at a leading graduate school in history of science—let us say Cambridge, or San Diego, or Princeton for the sake of argument. She now has to decide on her dissertation topic. Let us eavesdrop as she ruminates about what it should be.

Type
Part XIV. What Has the History of Science to Say to the Philosopy of Science?
Information
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1992 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1992 , 1993 , pp. 476 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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