TY - BOOK ID - 101117235 TI - Kuhn's intellectual path : charting The structure of scientific revolutions PY - 2021 SN - 100905788X 1009079360 1316512177 1009079166 9781009057882 9781316512173 9781009060844 PB - Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Historians of science KW - Philosophers KW - Philosophy. KW - History. KW - Kuhn, Thomas S. KW - Science historians KW - Historians KW - Normal science KW - Philosophy of science KW - Historiography KW - Kʻo-en, KW - Kʻu-en, KW - Kuhn, T. S. KW - Kʻung-en, KW - קון, תומאס ס. KW - كون، توماس KW - Structure of scientific revolutions. KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophie des sciences. KW - Sciences KW - Philosophes KW - Historiens des sciences KW - Histoire. KW - Kuhn, Thomas Samuel UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101117235 AB - Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions offers an insightful and engaging theory of science that speaks to scholars across many disciplines. Though initially widely misunderstood, it had a profound impact on the way intellectuals and educated laypeople thought about science. K. Brad Wray traces the influences on Kuhn as he wrote Structure, including his 'Aristotle epiphany', his interactions, and his studies of the history of chemistry. Wray then considers the impact of Structure on the social sciences, on the history of science, and on the philosophy of science, where the problem of theory change has set the terms of contemporary realism/anti-realism debates. He examines Kuhn's frustrations with the Strong Programme sociologists' appropriations of his views, and debunks several popular claims about what influenced Kuhn as he wrote Structure. His book is a rich and comprehensive assessment of one of the most influential works in the modern sciences. ER -