T. S. Kuhn and Social Science

Abstract

This series aims to create a forum for debate between different theoretical and philosophical traditions in the social sciences. As well as covering broad schools of thought, the series will also concentrate upon the work of particular thinkers whose ideas have had a major impact on social science (these books appear under the sub-series title of 'Theoretical Traditions in the Social Sciences'). The series is not limited to abstract theoretical discussion -it will also include more substantive works on contemporary capitalism, the state, politics and other subject areas. The paperback edition ofthis book IS sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise cIrculated without the publisher'S prior consent in any form of bindmg or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condItion including this condition bemg imposed on the subsequent purchaser. CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY

Glueball spectrum based on a rigorous three-dimensional relativistic equation for two-gluon bound states. II. Calculation of the glueball spectrum

“…For the scalar glueballs of quantum numbers J P C = 0 ++ and the tensor ones 2 ++ , according to the angular momentum and the parities of the multipole fields, we take the mixture of the modes (T E1T E1) and (T M 1T M 1). For the glueball states 0 −+ and 2 −+ , the modes are taken to be (T E1T M 1) for every glueball, as was similarly done in the investigation within the bag model [19,20]. This means that these glueballs are mainly constructed by the gluons with transverse polarization.…”

Economic growth and progress: a paradigmatic conflation

“…Though he was writing about the history of science, Kuhn's ideas have been adapted and featured in a swathe of different disciplines, including economics, political science, sociology and theology (see for example Urry, 1973;Barnes, 1982;Kung & Tracy, 1989;Fuller, 1992;King, 2002;Longino, 2002). The word 'paradigm' is employed in the way that Kuhn did, at a fairly high level of abstraction, as an inherited set of preconceptions that informs how we perceive the world.…”

Evaluation of the evolution of green management with a Kuhnian perspective

“…More restrictively, ''exemplar'' refers to the ''concrete problem solutions that students encounter from the start of their scientific education, whether in laboratories, or examinations, or at the ends of chapters in science text'' (Kuhn 1970). Exemplar is the crucial and most central meaning of paradigm for Kuhn, and he continued to use the ''paradigm'' concept in his later studies in a narrower sense of ''exemplar'' (Kuhn 1974;Eckberg and Hill 1979;Barnes 1982;Hoyningen-Huene 1993:142).…”

“…When the existing paradigm ceases to function properly and becomes powerless and hopeless against problems created by itself, an increasing number of scientists begin to alienate it from scientific discipline and begin to behave anomalously. Most of these anomalies are assimilated by normal science; however, some persistent anomalies accumulated over time (Barnes 1982;Sterman and Wittenberg 1999). When these anomalies reach sufficient magnitude, the scientific discipline falls into a state of crisis that cannot be worked out with current instruments and means (Kuhn 1962).…”