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As well as a history of the intellectual from Ancient Greece to post-9\/11, the author also provides an essential guide to the species. Think you would recognise an intellectual when you saw one? Entertain hopes of intellectualism yourself? 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Whether they adore or revile him, critics and fans alike have tended to agree on one thing: Kuhn's ideas were revolutionary. But were they? Steve Fuller argues that Kuhn actually held a profoundly conservative view of science and how one ought to study its history. Early on, Kuhn came under the influence of Harvard President James Bryant Conant (to whom \"Structure\" is dedicated), who had developed an educational programme intended to help deflect Cold War unease over science's uncertain future by focusing on its illustrious past. Fuller argues that this rhetoric made its way into \"Structure\", which Fuller sees as preserving and reinforcing the old view that science really is just a steady accumulation of truths about the world (once \"paradigm shifts\" are resolved). Fuller suggests that Kuhn, consciously or not, shared the tendency in Western culture to conceal possible negative effects of new knowledge from the general public. 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This book will appeal to all readers intrigued by the debates about creationism, intelligent design and evolution, especially those looking for an intellectually exciting confrontation with the politics and promise of intelligent design theory.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50362172735761,"sku":"CIN0745641229G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51483477016849,"sku":"GOR005770412","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53419777884433,"sku":"GOR013176550","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B007CRZ450.jpg?v=1751042521"},{"product_id":"social-epistemology-book-steve-fuller-9780253215154","title":"Social Epistemology","description":"This is the book that launched the research program of social epistemology, which has fuelled imaginations and provoked debates across many disciplines around the world. 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