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Oana Șerban   Critical note BRADY WRAY, 2021, Kuhn’s Intellectual Path. Charting “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press AnnalsUnibuc-2023-02-06Serban

Peter Dan   Abstract The importance of Kuhn’s theory is examined from the perspective of its epistemological impact and contrasted with Popper’s concept of falsification; the theory of paradigm shift is analyzed as a general model of change. Its concepts are applied to Berger and Luckmann’s socially constructed reality and to the Symbolic Universe which … [Read more…]

Constantin Stoenescu   Abstract Thomas S. Kuhn’s intellectual development could be summed up in a two-stage course, first, the transition from physics to the history of science (primarily physics) and then from the history of science to the philosophy of science, a field in which he achieved consecration with The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (SSR) … [Read more…]

Leandro Giri, Matias Giri   Abstract In the present work, we aim to analyze Lorraine Daston’s critiques of the historiographical value of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: we will defend its relevance from the attacks of “the history of contingencies”. Daston’s proposal asserts that the Kuhnian historiographical programme of professionalizing the history of … [Read more…]

Thodoris Dimitrakos   Abstract In the present paper, I provide a reconstruction of Kuhn’s philosophy of history of science based mainly on Kuhn’s criticism of Lakatos. My goal is to examine the compatibility of the Kuhnian philosophy of history with his explicit aspiration to defend scientific rationality. I argue that the Kuhnian philosophy of history … [Read more…]

Steve Fuller   Abstract Ever since my first book, Social Epistemology, I have argued that Thomas Kuhn’s philosophy of science presupposes a version of many worlds realism’. This paper continues that line of argument by situating Kuhn’s thinking about language and science in the context of shifting philosophical developments in the 1950s-1970s. Kuhn’s view is … [Read more…]

Oana Șerban   Critical note A USEFUL, HAPPY BENTHAM: WHO SAVED HIM FROM MILL? WHEN FREEDOM IS MORE THAN JUST A MATTER OF TASTE: ANTHONY JULIUS, MALCOM QUINN, PHILIP SCHOFIELD (eds.), Bentham and the Arts, London, UCL Press, 2020. (2024). Annals of the University of Bucharest. Philosophy Series, 72(1). https://doi.org/10.62229/aubpslxxi/1_23/8 AnnalsUnibuc-2023-01-08Serban

Maria Banu   Abstract The aim of this paper is to integrate competing notions of trustworthiness in the literature on trust under a common framework. I defend a notion of trustworthiness around three criteria: competence, predictability, and responsiveness. These are both necessary and sufficient conditions for trustworthiness assessments. Competence means having the required abilities to … [Read more…]

Andreea Ioana Vlad   Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine Robert Nozick’s experience machine, assess where his thought experiment could have been framed differently or where it failed to consider other relevant aspects people view as important, such as their values and duties. Additionally, I provide what I consider to be a … [Read more…]