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The structure of scientific revolutions / Thomas S. Kuhn ; with an introductory essay by Ian Hacking.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago ; The University of Chicago Press, c2012.Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xlvi, 217 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780226458113 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 0226458113 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9780226458120 (paperback : alkaline paper)
  • 0226458121 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 501 23
LOC classification:
  • Q175 .K95 2012
Contents:
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.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS Q 175 .K95 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA22751 Available AUA22751

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.