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The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions Second Edition by Thomas S Kuhn, Scientific historian is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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" The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field.... It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. Its author, Thomas S. Kuhn, wastes little time on demolishing the logical empiricist view of science as an objective progression toward the truth. Instead he erects from ground up a structure in which science is seen to be heavily influenced by nonrational procedures, and in which new theories are viewed as being more complex than those they usurp but not as standing any closer to the truth Science is not the steady, cumulative acquisition of knowledge that is portrayed in the textbooks. Rather, it is a series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions ... in each of which one conceptual world view is replaced by another.... “Since Kuhn Joes not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific theories, he would presumably not claim his own theory to be true. But if causing a revolution is the hallmark of a superior paradigm, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has been a resounding success.”—Nichol

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Thomas S Kuhn, Scientific historian
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Published
1970
Language
EN
ISBN
9780226458083
Category
history
Subjects
Social Science, Fiction, Science
Rating
3.99 / 5 (183 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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