The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Edition 3) (Paperback)

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This is a book that I've wanted to read ever since college. I was reading it when I started medical school, but studies soon overtook me. It's a history of science. Rather, it's a philosophical the...

from ElectricRay

A true classic of twentieth century literature, this wonderful little book, which argues for the contingency of scientific knowledge, deserves space on the bookshelf next to The Wealth of Nations (...

from Allen_Bass

Essential reading in understanding why the Enlightenment ideal of rationality is dead or at least doesn't count in ways that matter. In particular, Kuhn calls into question the idea of science as a...

from KeithAkers

I read this book in a Philosophy of Science class taught by John Compton as an undergraduate. The class was great and although Dr. Compton gave a balanced picture of the philosophy of science, "ins...

from jen.e.moore

After hearing so much about this book for so long, I was pretty familiar with the basic idea (although reading it in full did give me, of course, a much better appreciation for what Kuhn was and wa...