{"product_id":"the-last-writings-of-thomas-s-kuhn-incommensurability-in-science-hardcover","title":"The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas S. Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBojana Mladenovic\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must-read follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most important books of the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book contains the text of Thomas S. Kuhn's unfinished book, \u003ci\u003e The Plurality of Worlds: An Evolutionary Theory of Scientific Development\u003c\/i\u003e, which Kuhn himself described as a return to the central claims of \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e and the problems that it raised but did not resolve.\u003ci\u003e The Plurality of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is preceded by two related texts that Kuhn publicly delivered but never published in English: his paper \"Scientific Knowledge as Historical Product\" and his Shearman Memorial Lectures, \"The Presence of Past Science.\" An introduction by the editor describes the origins and structure of \u003ci\u003eThe Plurality of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e and sheds light on its central philosophical problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kuhn's aims in his last writings are bold. He sets out to develop an empirically grounded theory of meaning that would allow him to make sense of both the possibility of historical understanding and the inevitability of incommensurability between past and present science. In his view, incommensurability is fully compatible with a robust notion of the real world that science investigates, the rationality of scientific change, and the idea that scientific development is progressive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas S. Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-96) was an American philosopher and the Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century, his books include \u003ci\u003eThe Copernican Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Tension\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlack-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912\u003c\/i\u003e, all also published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eBojana Mladenovic\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at Williams College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eKuhn's Legacy: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, and Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765899690272,"sku":"9780226822747","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5cccccf0564f3a14392aa45e3149524a.webp?v=1780282473","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-writings-of-thomas-s-kuhn-incommensurability-in-science-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}