Mario Bunge and the Enlightenment Project in Science Education

Matthews, Michael R.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-16673-1_36

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“…(Kuhn, 1983: 28) Little wonder his work was greeted with dismay by disciplinary specialists. Mario Bunge (1919Bunge ( -2020, a physicist and philosopher who published significant work in both fields (Matthews, 2019b), recounts in his autobiography that in 1966 he attended an influential colloquium on causality convened in Geneva by Jean Piaget. Kuhn, an admirer of Piaget, was a participant.…”

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Cultural studies in science education: A philosophical appraisal

Matthews

2023

Cultures of Science

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The emergence of cultural studies as a scholarly programme and its adoption in science education are outlined; problems flowing from its commitment to Thomas Kuhn's epistemological relativism and ontological idealism are detailed; the gulf between the citing and the reading of Kuhn is noted; the malaise of obscurantist writing is documented; finally, problems of pursuing cultural studies research without philosophical input are indicated.

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confidence: 99%