Should Science Teaching Involve the History of Science? An Assessment of Kuhn’s View |
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| Authors: | Vasso Kindi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens, Panepistemioupolis, 15771 Athens, Greece |
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| Abstract: | Thomas Kuhn draws the distinction between textbook history of science and history of science proper. The question addressed
in the paper is whether Kuhn recommends the inclusion of distortive textbook history in science education. It is argued, pace Fuller, that Kuhn does not make normative suggestions. He does not urge the teaching of bad history and he does not aim to
deceive the scientists. He highlights the significance of the retrospective history of the textbooks as a condition for the
practice of science. If science is to be seen as a practice and not as a set of propositions, then textbook history is instrumental
in establishing and expanding the new paradigm. The other kind of history, the history of science proper, can only be taught
as part of the students’ general education and not as part of science education. |
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