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F. D'Agostino Naturalizing Epistemology

Thomas Kuhn and the 'Essential Tension'

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Palgrave Macmillan UK

2009

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In identifying that the 'essential tension' is the balance between conservative and innovative approaches in the development of knowledge - tried-and tested or new directions - Kuhn pointed out that these two attitudes are both appropriate. This study adds to this picture the social and psychological dynamics that underpin any such balancing.

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