Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-461) and index.
Contents
The pilgrimage from Plato to NATO : episodes in embushelment -- The last time scientists struggled for the soul of science -- The politics of the scientific image in the age of Conant -- From Conant's education strategy to Kuhn's research strategy -- How Kuhn unwittingly saved social science from a radical future -- The world not well lost : philosophy after Kuhn -- Kuhnification as ritualized political impotence : the hidden history of science studies.