UNSPECIFIED (2005) Kuhnenstein: or, the importance of being read. PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, 35 (4). pp. 480-498. ISSN 0048-3931

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Abstract

I respond to Rupert Read's highly critical review of my Kuhn vs Popper: The Struggle for the Soul Science. In contrast to my pro-Popper take on the debate, Read promotes a Wittgenstein-inflected Kuhn, whom I dub "Kuhnenstein." Kuhnenstein is largely the figment of Read's-and others'-fertile philosophical imagination as channeled through scholastic philosophical practice. Contra Read, I argue that Kuhnenstein provides not only a poor basis for social epistemology but Kuhnenstem's prominence itself exemplifies a poor social epistemology for philosophy. Nevertheless, like Read, I wish to speak in favor of amateurism in philosophy; for me, the exemplar is the dialectical Popper rather than the gnomic and dogmatic Kuhnenstein.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Journal or Publication Title:	PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
ISSN:	0048-3931
Date:	December 2005
Volume:	35
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	19
Page Range:	pp. 480-498
Identification Number:	10.1177/0048393105280868
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/34357

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