Kuhn''s Intellectual Path - Charting the Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Examines the influences on and impact of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

List of contents

Introduction; 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.

About the author

K. Brad Wray is Professor of Philosophy at Aarhus University.

Summary

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.

Foreword

Examines the influences on and impact of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

Product details

• Authors: K. Brad Wray, K. Brad (Aarhus Universitet Wray, Wray K. Brad
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009060844
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906084-4
• No. of pages: 245
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / History, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic