Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge: Volume 4

Two books have been particularly influential in contemporary philosophy of science: Karl R. Popper''s Logic of Scientific Discovery, and Thomas S. Kuhn''s Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Both agree upon the importance of revolutions in science, but differ about the role of criticism in science''s revolutionary growth. This volume arose out of a symposium on Kuhn''s work, with Popper in the ch...