The influence of Thomas Kuhn (1922 -1996) on the history and
philosophy of science has been truly enormous. In 1962, Kuhn's
famous work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, helped to
inaugurate a revolution - the historiographic revolution - in the
latter half of the twentieth century, providing a new understanding
of science in which 'paradigm shifts' (scientific revolutions) are
punctuated with periods of stasis (normal science). Kuhn's
revolution not only had a huge impact on the history and philosophy
of science but on other disciplines as well, including sociology,
education, economics, theology, and even science policy. James A.
Marcum's new book focuses on the following questions: What exactly
was Kuhn's historiographic revolution? How did it come about? Why
did it have the impact it did? What, if any, will its future impact
be for both academia and society? At the heart of the answers to
these questions is the person of Kuhn himself, i.e., his
personality, his pedagogical style, his institutional and social
commitments, and the intellectual and social context in which he
practiced his trade. Drawing on the rich archival sources at MIT,
and engaging fully with current scholarship on Kuhn, Marcum's is
the first book to show in detail how Kuhn's influence transcended
the boundaries of the history and philosophy of science community
to reach many others - sociologists, economists, theologians,
political scientists, educators, and even policy makers and
politicians.
General
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Continuum Studies in American Philosophy |
| Release date: |
October 2005 |
| First published: |
December 2005 |
| Authors: |
James A. Marcum
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
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| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8264-8591-5 |
| Languages: |
English
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| Subtitles: |
English
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| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
Philosophy of science
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| LSN: |
0-8264-8591-X |
| Barcode: |
9780826485915 |
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