1993, ISBN: 9780226457987

Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," published in 1962, is one of the most important works of our time. It has been translated into twenty five languages, and the Engl… Mehr…

Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," published in 1962, is one of the most important works of our time. It has been translated into twenty five languages, and the English edition alone has sold more than one million copies. "Structure" established Kuhn as the century's most influential philosopher of science, but during the last twenty years of his life, Kuhn was radically rethinking the central concepts of that work. When he died in 1996, he left an unfinished sequel to "Structure" and a plan for a collection of essays written since 1970. Divided into three parts, "The Road since Structure" is the fullest record we now have of the new direction Kuhn was taking during the last two decades of his life. The first part of the book consists of essays, philosophical rather than historical in nature, in which Kuhn refines the basic concepts set forth in "Structure--paradigm" shifts, incommensurability, and the nature of scientific progress. In part two, Kuhn replies at length to criticisms of his earlier work. Here the reader will find Kuhn arguing his position with some of the most significant philosophers of the time, including Paul Feyerabend and Karl Popper. The third part of the volume is the transcript of a remarkable autobiographical interview with Kuhn conducted in Athens in 1995, not quite a year before his death. Here, the usually reticent Kuhn discusses his own intellectual development--his family and upbringing, his education, the influence of his training as a physicist, his war work, his relations with his colleagues, the responses to" Structure--as" well as his struggles to define his philosophical position both before and after that landmark work."The Road since Structure" is the definitive companion to "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," Forceful and accessible, it illuminates and further develops Kuhn's classic book, and it will intrigue everyone who has been engaged by "Structure" and the debates it launched. In it they will find the story not only of Kuhn's development but also of the man himself. Media > Book, [PU: University of Chicago Press]<

1993, ISBN: 9780226457987

UsedGood. There is handwriting and/or underling and or highlighting throughout the book Cover has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not … Mehr…

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1993, ISBN: 9780226457987

UsedVeryGood. Noticeable signs of wear/scuffs on dust jacket & lower/upper bind but book is in very good condition. Text is mostly clean & readable. Stitching is tight., 0

1993, ISBN: 9780226457987

UsedGood. Missing dust jacket. Minor wear/discoloration on cover/spine/corners but pages are in great reading condition., 0