Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Kuhn and logical empiricism Michael Friedman; 2. Thomas Kuhn and French philosophy of science Gary Gutting; 3. Normal science and dogmatism, paradigms and progress: Kuhn 'versus' Popper and Lakatos John Worrall; 4. Kuhn's philosophy of science practice Joseph Rouse; 5. Thomas Kuhn and the problem of social order in science Barry Barnes; 6. Normal science: from logic to case-based and model-based reasoning Thomas Nickles; 7. Kuhn, conceptual change, and cognitive science Nancy J. Nersessian; 8. Kuhn on concepts and categorization Peter Barker, Xiang Chen and Hanne Andersen; 9. Kuhn's world changes Richard E. Grandy; 10. Does The Structure of Scientific Revolutions permit a feminist revolution in science? Helen Longino.

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An introduction to the life and work of Thomas Kuhn, probably the best-known historian and philosopher of science of the last 25 years.

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"Serious students and regulars of philosophy of science, history of science, psychology, and cultural and social studies, will find much in this volume to rouse revolutions in thought." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences "Nickles has given us an interesting and stimulating volume." Metapsychology