Kuhn, Thomas S.

The structure of scientific revolutions / by Thomas S. Kuhn ; with an introductory essay by Ian Hacking. - 4th ed. - London : The University of Chicago Press, c2012. - xlvi, 217 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions.

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Science--Philosophy.
Science--History.

Q175 / .K95 2012

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