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Kuhn, Thomas S.

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductory essay / 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. by Ian Hacking --

ISBN: 0226458113 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0226458121 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9780226458113 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226458120 (paperback : alkaline paper)

LCCN: 2011042476

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB217323 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016034722 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--History.
Science--Philosophy.