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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Foundations of Unity of Science - Second edition, Enlarged
Door Thomas S. Kuhn
Categorie | Algemeen wetenschap |
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Boeknummer | #342641-ZA28 |
Titel | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Foundations of Unity of Science - Second edition, Enlarged |
Auteur | Kuhn, Thomas S. |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | Chicago/London : University of Chicago Press |
Jaar van uitgave | 1970 |
ISBN10 | 0226458040 |
ISBN13 | 9780226458045 |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Paperback, illustrated with numerous equations and diagrams, 8vo. |
Samenvatting | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a book about the history of science by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn. Its publication was a landmark event in the history, philosophy, and sociology of scientific knowledge and triggered an ongoing worldwide assessment and reaction in—and beyond—those scholarly communities. Kuhn challenged the then prevailing view of progress in "normal science". Normal scientific progress was viewed as "development-by-accumulation" of accepted facts and theories. Kuhn argued for an episodic model in which periods of such conceptual continuity in normal science were interrupted by periods of revolutionary science. The discovery of "anomalies" during revolutions in science leads to new paradigms. New paradigms then ask new q... (Lees verder)uestions of old data, move beyond the mere "puzzle-solving" of the previous paradigm, change the rules of the game and the "map" directing new research. |
Pagina's | 210 |
Conditie | Goed — Name in pen on title page. |
Prijs | € 10,00 |
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