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"Kuhn has the unmistakable address of a man, who, so far from wanting to score points, is anxious above all else to get at the truth of matters."-Sir Peter Medawar, Nature

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Preface
• I Historiographic Studies
• 1 The Relations between the History and the Philosophy of Science
• 2 Concepts of Cause in the Development of Physics
• 3 Mathematical versus Experimental Traditions in the Development of Physical Science
• 4 Energy Conservation as an Example of Simultaneous Discovery
• 5 The History of Science
• 6 The Relations between History and the History of Science
• II Metahistorical Studies
• 7 The Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery
• 8 The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science
• 9 The Essential Tension: Tradition and Innovation in Scientific Research?
• 10 A Function for Thought Experiments
• 11 Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research
• 12 Second Thoughts on Paradigms
• 13 Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice
• 14 Comment on the Relations of Science and Art
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Thomas S. Kuhn's work is best described as a normative historiography of science. He was educated at Harvard University, where in 1949 he completed a doctorate in physics. As a student, he was impressed by the differences between scientific method, as conventionally taught, and the way science actually works. Before moving to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979, he taught at Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Princeton University.

Kuhn's most celebrated contribution to the philosophy of science is his controversial idea of paradigms and paradigm shifts. A paradigm is understood as a widely shared theoretical framework within which scientific research is conducted. According to Kuhn, science normally develops more or less smoothly within such a paradigm until an accumulation of difficulties reduces its effectiveness. The paradigm finally breaks down in a crisis, which is followed by the formation of a radically new paradigm in a so-called scientific revolution. The new paradigm is accepted, even though it might neither resolve all of the accumulated difficulties nor explain the data better than the older paradigm that it replaces. We find examples of paradigm shifts in the work of Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and others. Since its original publication in 1962, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions undoubtedly has been the single most influential book in the philosophy of science.

(Bowker Author Biography)