{"product_id":"an-analysis-of-thomas-kuhns-the-structure-of-scientific-revolutions-paperback","title":"An Analysis of Thomas Kuhn's the Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo Hedesan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoseph Tendler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Kuhn's \u003cem\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/em\u003e can be seen, without exaggeration, as a landmark text in intellectual history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 are flawed slowly accumulates - in the face, at first, of opposition and doubt - until it finally results in a crisis that forces the development of a new model. This development, in turn, produces a period of rapid change - \"extraordinary science,\" Kuhn terms it - before an eventual return to \"normal science\" begins the process whereby the whole cycle eventually repeats itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis portrayal of science as the product of successive revolutions was the product of rigorous but imaginative critical thinking. It was at odds with science's self-image as a set of disciplines that constantly evolve and progress via the process of building on existing knowledge. Kuhn's highly creative re-imagining of that image has proved enduringly influential - and is the direct product of the author's ability to produce a novel explanation for existing evidence and to redefine issues so as to see them in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Jo Hedesan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Medical History and Humanities at the University of Oxford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Joseph Tendler\u003c\/strong\u003e received his PhD from the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Opponents of the Annales School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796812661024,"sku":"9781912127856","price":14.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0a3002afa80c83fbc1522d5aff05af80.webp?v=1780767943","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-analysis-of-thomas-kuhns-the-structure-of-scientific-revolutions-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}