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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101316512177

ISBN-139781316512173

eBay Product ID (ePID)16050094635

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Number of Pages256 Pages

Publication NameKuhn's Intellectual Path : Charting 'the Structure of Scientific Revolutions'

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorK. Brad Wray

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2021-016131

Reviews'This is an enlightening book, both for Kuhn novices and for Kuhn professionals. Wray's judgment on contentious issues - of which there are many - is invariably balanced and fair. The book is equally well-researched and well-written; it is a delight to read.' Paul Hoyningen-Huene, Leibniz University Hannover

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal501.092

Table Of ContentIntroduction; Part I. The Groundwork for Structure: Harvard 1947 to 1955: 1. What did Aristotle Teach Kuhn?; 2. The Influence of James B. Conant; 3. Kuhn and the History of Chemistry; 4. Kuhn and the Logical Positivists; Part II. The Unexpected Uptake: Kuhn and the Social Sciences: 5. Kuhn's Influence on the Social Sciences; 6. The Elephant in the Room: The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge; Part III. Kuhn and the History of Science; 7. Copenhagen, 1962-1963: A Return to the History of Science; 8. Structure, Historicism and the History of Science; Part IV. Kuhn's Philosophical Legacy: 9. Squeals of Outrage from Philosophers; 10. Kuhn and the Contemporary Realism/Anti-realism Debates; 11. Kuhn's Career, Post-Structure.

SynopsisThomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions offers an insightful and engaging theory of science that speaks to scholars across many disciplines. Though initially widely misunderstood, it had a profound impact on the way intellectuals and educated laypeople thought about science. K. Brad Wray traces the influences on Kuhn as he wrote Structure, including his 'Aristotle epiphany', his interactions, and his studies of the history of chemistry. Wray then considers the impact of Structure on the social sciences, on the history of science, and on the philosophy of science, where the problem of theory change has set the terms of contemporary realism/anti-realism debates. He examines Kuhn's frustrations with the Strong Programme sociologists' appropriations of his views, and debunks several popular claims about what influenced Kuhn as he wrote Structure. His book is a rich and comprehensive assessment of one of the most influential works in the modern sciences., Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions offers an insightful theory of science that speaks to scholars across many disciplines. In this book, K. Brad Wray examines the influences on Kuhn as he wrote his masterwork and the profound impact it had on sociology, history, and the philosophy of science.

LC Classification NumberQ143.K83W73 2021