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Author_Alexander Bird
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Common Language
Concept Formation Function
conceptual change in scientific revolutions
Disciplinary Matrix
Disquotational Schema
empiricism
epistemic relativism
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history of science
Kuhn's Account
Kuhn's Explanation
Kuhn's Thinking
Kuhn's View
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Kuhn’s Account
Kuhn’s Explanation
Kuhn’s Thinking
Kuhn’s View
logical
Loose Intensionalism
Minor Anomaly
Necker Cube
normal
Normal Science
paradigm theory
philosophy of knowledge
revolutionary
Revolutionary Science
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scientific methodology
Simple Causal Theory
Sparse Property
Strong Social Constructivist
Symbolic Generalizations
theory change
Thin Intensionalism
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Twin Earth
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Vice Versa
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West Germany
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- ISBN 9781902683102
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jan 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Thomas Kuhn (1922-96) transformed the philosophy of science. His seminal 1962 work "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" introduced the term 'paradigm shift' into the vernacular and remains a fundamental text in the study of the history and philosophy of science. This introduction to Kuhn's ideas covers the breadth of his philosophical work, situating "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" within Kuhn's wider thought and drawing attention to the development of his ideas over time. Kuhn's work is assessed within the context of other philosophies of science notably logical empiricism and recent developments in naturalized epistemology. The author argues that Kuhn's thinking betrays a residual commitment to many theses characteristic of the empiricists he set out to challenge. Kuhn's influence on the history and philosophy of science is assessed and where the field may be heading in the wake of Kuhn's ideas is explored.
Alexander Bird is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol.
