A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but
a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness,
pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and
we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were—and
still are. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that kind of
book. When it was first published in 1962, it was a landmark event in
the history and philosophy of science. Fifty years later, it still has
many lessons to teach. With The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,
Kuhn challenged long-standing linear notions of scientific progress,
arguing that transformative ideas don’t arise from the day-to-day,
gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation but that the
revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt
accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of
“normal science,” as he called it. Though Kuhn was writing when
physics ruled the sciences, his ideas on how scientific revolutions
bring order to the anomalies that amass over time in research
experiments are still instructive in our biotech age. This new edition
of Kuhn’s essential work in the history of science includes an
insightful introduction by Ian Hacking, which clarifies terms
popularized by Kuhn, including paradigm and incommensurability, and
applies Kuhn’s ideas to the science of today. Usefully keyed to the
separate sections of the book, Hacking’s introduction provides
important background information as well as a contemporary context.
Newly designed, with an expanded index, this edition will be eagerly
welcomed by the next generation of readers seeking to understand the
history of our perspectives on science.
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ISBN
9780226458144
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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