Sabatier, Lara (2022) The Orthogonal Move: Thomas Kuhn and Jean Piaget as Exemplars of a Neo-Kantian Science. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Much has changed in history and philosophy of science since the publication of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) and his popularisation of the concept of theory-ladenness. Today the fact that context has some modicum effect on the genesis of scientific knowledge is relatively commonly accepted. Still, there remains a troubling narrative in the historical discourse around knowledge genesis and progression; psychologist and historian Jeremy Burman noted that the progression of knowledge is often framed in a way where theory is separated from evidence. Burman informally proposed an alternative form of knowledge progression and dubbed it the Orthogonal Move. This paper formalises such an orthogonal approach to knowledge progression, and the epistemological concerns it must address. In order to add further clarity, it also illustrates the move through an application: an orthogonal reading of Kuhn’s Structure, which introduces historical influences such as Immanuel Kant and Jean Piaget. This expansion of knowledge reveals a non- essentialist approach to science, which through developmentally progressive ways of knowing remains deeply anchored in evidence and avoids social constructivism—illustrating a viable narrative of knowledge progression that properly takes theory-ladnness into account. Keywords: Thomas Kuhn, Jeremy Burman, Immanuel Kant, Jean Piaget, non- essentialism, theory-ladenness, the orthogonal move
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Burman, J.T. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Theory and History of Psychology [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2023 08:25 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2023 08:25 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1504 |
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