| Edition |
2nd ed., enl. |
| Description |
xii, 210 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
International encyclopedia of unified science. Foundations of the unity of science, v. 2, no. 2 |
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International encyclopedia of unified science, v. 2, no. 2
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: 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 -- Postscript: 1969. |
| Summary |
An analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift. |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- History.
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| ISBN |
0226458032 |
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9780226458038 |
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0226458040 (pbk.) |
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9780226458045 (pbk.) |
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