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The structure of scientific revolutions Thomas S. Kuhn ; with an introductory essay by Ian Hacking

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Chicago London The University of Chicago Press [2012]Edition: Fourth editionDescription: XLVI, 217 pagesContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226458113
  • 9780226458113
  • 0226458121
  • 9780226458120
  • 0226458148 (electronic)
  • 9780226458144 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 501
LOC classification:
  • Q175
Other classification:
  • 02.02
  • 70.03
  • CI 6433
  • CC 3000
Contents:
Introductory essay / by Ian Hacking -- Preface -- Introduction: a role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions -- Postscript-1969..
Summary: A role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Library 50x-196x (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available AT-ISTA#001878
Total holds: 0

"50th anniversary edition"

Introductory essay / by Ian Hacking -- Preface -- Introduction: a role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions -- Postscript-1969..

A role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions

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