Bibliograph

The structure of scientific revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn

Type

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The structure of scientific revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The structure of scientific revolutions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

93075

Responsibility statement

Thomas S. Kuhn

Series statement

International encyclopedia of unified science. Foundations of the unity of science, v. 2, no. 2

Summary

An analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift

Table Of Contents

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

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