Thomas Kuhn (Philosophy Now)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: April 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780691057101
Subjects: Philosophy; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy & Social Aspects; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science; Philosophy / Modern; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science-Philosophy & Social Aspects; Kuhn, Thomas S; Epistemology; Science
First sentence: Thanks in large part to the work of Thomas Kuhn it has become something of a commonplace among historians and sociologists of science, and even among philosophers, that in order to appreciate fully the significance of a scientific idea as much as any other historical act, we must properly understand the historical context in which it arose.