Beschreibung:
Thomas Kuhn's shadow hangs over almost every field of intellectual inquiry. His book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has become a modern classic. His influence on philosophy, social science, historiography, feminism, theology, and (of course) the natural sciences themselves is unparalleled. His epoch-making concepts of 'new paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' make him probably the most influential scholar of the twentieth century.
Acknowledgements. Abbreviations for Kuhn's Works. Introduction: The Legendary Thomas Kuhn. Part I Exposition. 1 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 2 The Historical Case Studies. Part II Critical Issues. 3 Kuhn and the Methodologists of Science. 4 Incommensurability 1: Relativism about Truth and Meaning. 5 Incommensurability 2: World Changes. Conclusion: The Unresolved Tension. Notes. Bibliography. Index