{"product_id":"kuhn-9780745619293","title":"Kuhn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Kuhn''s shadow hangs over almost every field of intellectual inquiry. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e has become a modern classic. His influence on philosophy, social science, historiography, feminism, theology, and (of course) the natural sciences themselves is unparalleled. His epoch-making concepts of new paradigm' and scientific revolution' make him probably the most influential scholar of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSharrock and Read take the reader through Kuhn''s work in a careful and accessible way, emphasizing Kuhn''s detailed studies of the history of science, which often assist the understanding of his more abstract philosophical work. These historical studies provide vital insight into what Kuhn was actually trying to achieve in his \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e: an endeavour far less extreme than either his foes' or his fans' claim. In the book''s second half, Sharrock and Read provide excellent explications, defences an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As Thomas Kuhn indicated in the first sentence of his great book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, his aim was to “produce a decisive transformation in the image of science by which we are now possessed”. Unfortunately, many of Kuhn's readers have been possessed by a distorted image of Kuhn's own position, and so failed to appreciate the signal contribution he made to our understanding of scientific practice. Sharrock and Read aim to do for our image of Kuhn what Kuhn did for our image of science. They succeed brilliantly, giving a wonderfully insightful and nuanced account of what Kuhn was up to and what he achieved.\" \u003ci\u003ePeter Lipton, University of Cambridge \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations for Kuhn's Works\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Legendary Thomas Kuhn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Exposition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Historical Case Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Critical Issues.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Kuhn and the Methodologists of Science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Incommensurability 1: Relativism about Truth and Meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Incommensurability 2: World Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Unresolved Tension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862918955351,"sku":"9780745619293","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745619293.jpg?v=1759919091","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kuhn-9780745619293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}