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World Changes: Thomas Kuhn and the Nature of Science

World Changes: Thomas Kuhn and the Nature of Science

Thomas S. Kuhn

Thomas Kuhn is perhaps the most widely known and influential philosopher of science of our time. Inspired by his contributions, these twelve original essays address central aspects of Kuhn's thought
Thomas Kuhn's Revolutions: A Historical and an Evolutionary ...

Thomas Kuhn's Revolutions: A Historical and an Evolutionary ...

James A. Marcum

An historical survey of Thomas Kuhn's 1962 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, charting the development of this influential work throughout Kuhn's career and exploring the continuing impact of Kuhn on the philosophy of science.
Thomas Kuhn

Thomas Kuhn

Alexander Bird

Thomas Kuhn (1922-96) transformed the philosophy of science.
Thomas Kuhn

Thomas Kuhn

Alexander Bird

The book is fair, it is thorough, and it is balanced."--Michael Ruse, University of Guelph "Thomas Kuhn may well have been the most important contributor to Science Studies in the twentieth century.
The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, ...

The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, ...

Thomas S. Kuhn

When he died, Kuhn left an unfinished sequel and a group of essays written since 1970. "The Road since Structure" includes these essays, along with Kuhn's replies to criticism and an interview with Kuhn before his death in 1996.
Thomas Kuhn's Revolution

Thomas Kuhn's Revolution

James A. Marcum

Rupert Hall and Polanyi commented on Kuhn's paper, followed by a general discussion of the paper involving Bentley Glass, Stephen Toulmin, and Edward Caldin. Kuhn provided closing remarks. In 1962 Structure was published as the final ...
The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, ...

The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, ...

Thomas S. Kuhn

Divided into three parts, this work is a record of the direction Kuhn was taking during the last two decades of his life.
The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific ...

The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific ...

Thomas S. Kuhn

"Kuhn has the unmistakable address of a man, who, so far from wanting to score points, is anxious above all else to get at the truth of matters."—Sir Peter Medawar, Nature
Popper and His Popular Critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend ...

Popper and His Popular Critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend ...

joseph agassi

This volume examines Popper’s philosophy by analyzing the criticism of his most popular critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos.
Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's ...

Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's ...

Paul Hoyningen-Huene

Scholars from disciplines as diverse as political science and art history have offered widely differing interpretations of Kuhn's ideas, appropriating his notions of paradigm shifts and revolutions to fit their own theories, however ...
Hostile Takeover: A John Lago Thriller

Hostile Takeover: A John Lago Thriller

Shane Kuhn

A John Lago Thriller Shane Kuhn. Also by Shane Kuhn The Intern's Handbook The Asset HOSTILE TAKEOVER A JOHN LAGO THRILLER SHANE KUHN Simon &
Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

Annette Kuhn

Annette Kuhn's study of the film, the first to offer an overarching account of Ramsay's work, considers the director's background and Ratcatcher alongside her earlier films.
Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768

Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768

Philip A KUHN

In a fascinating chronicle of this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers that ensued, Philip Kuhn opens a window on the world of eighteenth-century China.
An Everyday Magic: Cinema and Cultural Memory

An Everyday Magic: Cinema and Cultural Memory

Annette Kuhn

This work explores cinema-going in the 1930s, when it was a favourite leisure activity. Kuhn discovers how cinema provided a much-appreciated touch of glamour, and examines the influences of screen heroes and heroines.
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National Union Catalog: A Cumulative Author List ...

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary ...

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary ...

Thomas S. Kuhn

Newly designed, with an expanded index, this edition will be eagerly welcomed by the next generation of readers seeking to understand the history of our perspectives on science.
Lectures on the Theory of Games (AM-37)

Lectures on the Theory of Games (AM-37)

Harold William Kuhn

This book is a spectacular introduction to the modern mathematical discipline known as the Theory of Games. Harold Kuhn first presented these lectures at Princeton University in 1952.
Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity: Rhetoric and Context ...

Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity: Rhetoric and Context ...

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By contrast to the comprehensive conception of Kuhn, the roughly contemporaneous models of disciplinary organization formulated by the psychologists Anthony Biglan and Thomas Campbell considered next are of limited value. These are ...
The Intern's Handbook: A John Lago Thriller

The Intern's Handbook: A John Lago Thriller

Shane Kuhn

A John Lago Thriller Shane Kuhn. “A propulsive, well-written black comedy . . . Believable dialogue, a whip-smart and cynical central character, clever reversals, and an entertaining amount of bone-crunching violence help wrap up this nasty ...
Chinese Among Others: Emigration in Modern Times

Chinese Among Others: Emigration in Modern Times

Philip A. Kuhn

Emigration in Modern Times Philip A. Kuhn. CHAPTER TWO. Early. Colonial. Empires. and. Chinese. Migrant. Communities. Except for political refugees forced to flee for their lives or their principles, the idea of settling permanently outside ...
Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912

Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912

Thomas S. Kuhn

. The book not only deals with a topic of importance and interest to all scientists, but is also a polished literary work, described (accurately) by one of its original reviewers as a scientific detective story."—John Gribbin, New ...
Dokonalý svůdce: Jak získat každou ženu, po které toužíte

Dokonalý svůdce: Jak získat každou ženu, po které toužíte

Kuhn Oliver

ANDREASEDMÜLLER, THOMAS WILHELM Knížkaodkrývátajemstvípřesvědčivékomunikace. Představujevícenežpadesátmanipulativníchtechnikaukazujezpůsoby,jak ISBN --- - stran Kč je rozpoznat a bránit se jim. Dozvíte se, jak získat druhé ...
The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the ...

The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the ...

Thomas S. Kuhn

The significance of the plurality of the Copernican Revolution is the main thrust of this undergraduate text In this study of the Copernican Revolution, the author brings to a common focus the considered approach of the historian, the ...
Going to the movies: Hollywood and the social experience of ...

Going to the movies: Hollywood and the social experience of ...

Richard Maltby

Featuring a distinguished group of film scholars—including Richard Abel, Annette Kuhn, Jane Gaines, and Thomas Doherty—whose interests range broadly across time and place, this volume analyzes the role of movie theatres in local ...
The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air About Global Warming

The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air About Global Warming

Patrick J. Michaels

Citing the pioneering work of historian of science Thomas Kuhn and economist James Buchanan, Michaels and Balling demonstrate that it was inevitable that global warming would be distorted by the political sphere and that most scientists ...
Illuminations: Women Writing on Photography from the 1850s ...

Illuminations: Women Writing on Photography from the 1850s ...

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'Isak Dinesen and Photo/Graphic Recollection' by Susan Hardy Aiken, copyright © Susan Hardy Aiken 1985, reprinted by permission of Susan Hardy Aiken. ' Remembrance' by Annette Kuhn, copyright © Annette Kuhn 1991, reprinted by ...
Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution, and Justice in an ...

Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution, and Justice in an ...

Ellen Griffith Spears

... Matthew Klingle, Cliff Kuhn, Suzanne Marshall, Carolyn Merchant, Marie Price, Christopher Sellers, Gary Sprayberry, and Robert Woodrum; attorney Cleo Thomas; physician Henry Kahn; environmental engineers Wendy Pearson and Jack ...
Applied Biocatalysis: From Fundamental Science to Industrial ...

Applied Biocatalysis: From Fundamental Science to Industrial ...

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Ulrich Sohling, Kirstin Suck, Patrick Jonczyk, Friederike Sander, Sascha Beutel, Thomas Scheper, Axel Thiefes, Ute Schuldt, Claudia Aldenhoven, Gabriella Egri, Lars Dähne, Annamaria Fiethen, Hubert Kuhn, Oliver Wenzel, Heike Temme, ...
Koon and Coons families of eastern New York

Koon and Coons families of eastern New York

Kate Koon Bovey

June 12, 1757, dau. of Nicolaus Kuhns and Anna Marg. Wiederwachs" (Gt. D. R.). A. M. Wiederwachs was a dau. of Anna Barbara Lescher, a sister of the wife of Marcus Kuhn. "Marc. Kuhn and wife Anna Maria Lescher, Sp. for Joh. Marcus, bp.

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