The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd Edition
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index."A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does...
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Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index."A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific theories, he would presumably not claim his own theory to be true. But if causing a revolution is the hallmark of a superior paradigm, [this book] has been a resounding success." --Nicholas Wade, Science"Perhaps the best explanation of [the] process of discovery." --William Erwin Thompson, New York Times Book Review"Occasionally there emerges a book which has an influence far beyond its originally intended audience. . . . Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . . . has clearly emerged as just such a work." --Ron Johnston, Times Higher Education Supplement"Among the most influential academic books in this century." --Choice--One of "The Hundred Most Influential Books Since the Second World War," Times Literary SupplementThomas S. Kuhn was the Laurence Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include The Essential Tension; Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912; and The Copernican Revolution.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780226458083 (0226458083)
Publish date: December 15th 1996
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Pages no: 226
Edition language: English
Kuhn’s thesis is that scientific progress does not proceed cumulatively, as most people have believed. Instead, he says that it oscillates between stable periods of normal science, during which scientists elaborate and extend a single dominant paradigm, and revolutionary breaks, when an existing par...
This kind of book is why I love audible so much. I never would have read it let alone understand it if it weren't for being on audible. The book is written at such a level that anyone can follow what he's trying to say. I never would have realized that if I were reading the book on my own. (God bles...
The premise of the book is that science doesn't progress by the cumulative addition of knowledge, but instead advances by major shifts in paradigms that replace, rather than increment, large parts of previous paradigms. To begin with, scientific research in a specific subject is carried out within t...
Seminal work in the field of science studies, and one of my earliest readings in it as well.
e-version: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs_5110/structure_of_scientific_revolutions.pdfGreat review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/aug/19/thomas-kuhn-structure-scientific-revolutions