The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

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Author: Thomas S. Kuhn

ISBN-10: 0226458083

ISBN-13: 9780226458083

Category: Major Branches of Philosophical Study

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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 Supplement 

PrefaceIIntroduction: A Role for History1IIThe Route to Normal Science10IIIThe Nature of Normal Science23IVNormal Science as Puzzle-solving35VThe Priority of Paradigms43VIAnomaly and the Emergence of Scientific Discoveries52VIICrisis and the Emergence of Scientific Theories66VIIIThe Response to Crisis77IXThe Nature and Necessity of Scientific Revolutions92XRevolutions as Changes of World View111XIThe Invisibility of Revolutions136XIIThe Resolutions of Revolutions144XIIIProgress through Revolutions160Postscript-1969174Index211