Author : Robert J. Richards
Release : 2016-03-25
Genre : Philosophy
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Kuhn's 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions' at Fifty by : Robert J. Richards
Download or read book Kuhn's 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions' at Fifty written by Robert J. Richards. This book was released on 2016-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas S. Kuhn's 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' was a watershed event when it was published in 1962, upending the previous understanding of science as a slow, logical accumulation of facts and introducing, with the concept of the 'paradigm shift,' social and psychological considerations into the heart of the scientific process. The essays in this book exhume important historical context for Kuhn's work, critically analyzing its foundations in twentieth-century science, politics and Kuhn's own intellectual biography.