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Philosophical Elements in Thomas Kuhn's Historiography of Science

Author(s) -

Paul HoyningenHuene

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

theoria an international journal for theory history and foundations of science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2171-679X

pISSN - 0495-4548

DOI - 10.1387/theoria.6160

Subject(s) - historiography , epistemology , normal science , rationality , internalism and externalism , philosophy , relevance (law) , sort , realism , history of science , presentation (obstetrics) , reading (process) , history , mathematics , political science , law , linguistics , medicine , arithmetic , archaeology , radiology

To begin, the so-called 'selectivity of historical judgment' is discussed. According to it, writing history requires a comparative criterion of historical relevance. This criterion contains philosophical elements. In Kuhn's case, the criterion directs historical research and presentation away from Whiggish historiography by postulating a hermeneutic reading of historical sources. This postulate implies some sort of internalism, some sort of rationality of scientific development, and historical realism. To conclude, some consequences of Kuhn's anti-Whiggism are discussed

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