Kuhn's Structure of scientific revolutions--50 years on /

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Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science, 2214-7942 ; volume 311 Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science ; v. 311.
Subject:	Kuhn, Thomas S. -- Structure of scientific revolutions. Structure of scientific revolutions (Kuhn, Thomas S.) Science -- Philosophy. Science -- History. Science. Science -- Philosophy. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11094052

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Other authors / contributors:	Devlin, William J., editor. Bokulich, Alisa, editor.
ISBN:	9783319133836 3319133837 9783319133829 3319133829
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"In 1962, the publication of Thomas Kuhn's Structure 'revolutionized' the way one conducts philosophical and historical studies of science. Through the introduction of both memorable and controversial notions, such as paradigms, scientific revolutions, and incommensurability, Kuhn argued against the traditionally accepted notion of scientific change as a progression towards the truth about nature, and instead substituted the idea that science is a puzzle solving activity, operating under paradigms, which become discarded after it fails to respond accordingly to anomalous challenges and a rival paradigm. Kuhn's Structure has sold over 1.4 million copies and the Times Literary Supplement named it one of the 'Hundred Most Influential Books since the Second World War.' Now, fifty years after this groundbreaking work was published, this volume offers a timely reappraisal of the legacy of Kuhn's book and an investigation into what Structure offers philosophical, historical, and sociological studies of science in the future"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions - 50 Years On. Cham : Springer, [2015] 3319133829
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-13383-6

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction / William J. Devlin, Alisa Bokulich
2. Kuhn's Structure: A Moment in Modern Naturalism / Steven Shapin
3. Kuhn and the Historiography of Science / Alexander Bird
4. From Troubled Marriage to Uneasy Colocation: Thomas Kuhn, Epistemological Revolutions, Romantic Narratives, and History and Philosophy of Science / Alan Richardson
5. Reconsidering the Carnap-Kuhn Connection / Jonathan Tsou
6. The Rationality of Science in Relation to its History / Sherrilyn Roush
7. What Do Scientists and Engineers Do All Day? On the Structure of Scientific Normalcy / Cyrus M. Mody
8. From Theory Choice to Theory Search: The Essential Tension between Explanation and Exploitation in Science / Rogier De Langhe and Peter Rubbens
9. The Evolving Notion and Role of Kuhn's Incommensurability Thesis / James A. Marcum
10. Walking the Line: Kuhn between Realism and Relativism / Michela Massimi
11. An Analysis of Truth in Kuhn's Philosophical Enterprise / William J. Devlin
12. Kuhn's Social Epistemology and the Sociology of Science / K. Brad Wray
13. Kuhn's Development before and after Structure / Paul Hoyningen-Huene.

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