Shifting Paradigms: Thomas S. Kuhn and the History of Science

• Main Author: Christian Joas (ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Jürgen Renn (ed.) (auth), Alexander Blum (ed.) (auth), Kostas Gavroglu (ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edition Open Access 2016
• Series: Proceedings 8: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• Subjects: Thomas S. Kuhn; philosophy of science; MPRL; Edition Open Access; Structures of Scientific Revolutions; historiography; history of science
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The publication of Thomas S. Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" in 1962 stands for a turning point in the history and philosophy of science. The repercussions of this work have rearticulated the theoretical framework of history and philosophy of science and have also generat...