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An Analysis of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

By Jo Hedesan, Joseph Tendler Copyright 2017
128 Pages
by Macat Library

128 Pages
by Macat Library

130 Pages
by Macat Library

Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions can be seen, without exaggeration, as a landmark text in intellectual history. In his analysis of shifts in scientific thinking, Kuhn questioned the prevailing view that science was an unbroken progression towards the truth. Progress was actually made, he argued, via "paradigm shifts", meaning that evidence that existing scientific models... Read more

Ways in to the Text 

Who was Thomas Kuhn? 

What does The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Say? 

Why does The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Matter? 

Section 1: Influences  

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  

Module 2: Academic Context 

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas  

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas  

Module 7: Achievement  

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses 

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Jo Hedesan is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Medical History and Humanities at the University of Oxford.

Dr Joseph Tendler received his PhD from the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Opponents of the Annales School.