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This book examines and assesses the work of Thomas Kuhn. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to and examination of the full range of Kuhn s philosophical work. It is the first book to take into account Kuhn s hitherto unpublished writings as well as the plethora of commentary that accompanied the 50th anniversary of the publication of Kuhn s most famous book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
The book provides a clear exposition of Kuhn s key concepts and the critical responses to them. The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of Kuhn s thought and to serve as an advanced scholarly introduction to the subject.
Thomas Kuhn The Reluctant Revolutionary is essential reading for all scholars and researchers of the work of Thomas Kuhn and of the philosophy of science.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Paradigms.- Chapter 2: Normal Science .- Chapter 3: Crisis and Revolutions.- Chapter 4: Semantic Incommensurability.- Chapter 5: World Change, Learning and Perception.
About the author
Adam Timmins
is a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Ostrava.
Summary
This book examines and assesses the work of Thomas Kuhn. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to and examination of the full range of Kuhn’s philosophical work. It is the first book to take into account Kuhn’s hitherto unpublished writings as well as the plethora of commentary that accompanied the 50th anniversary of the publication of Kuhn’s most famous book The
Structure of Scientific Revolutions
.
The book provides a clear exposition of Kuhn’s key concepts and the critical responses to them. The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of Kuhn’s thought and to serve as an advanced scholarly introduction to the subject.
Thomas Kuhn – The Reluctant Revolutionary
is essential reading for all scholars and researchers of the work of Thomas Kuhn and of the philosophy of science.
