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Thomas Kuhn's revolution; an historical philosophy of science.

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 Kuhn's revolution; an historical philosophy of science.

Marcum, James A.

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  • Continuum (theory), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes or "discontinuities"
 Publishing Group

2005

182 pages

$120.00

Hardcover

Q175

Marcum (philosophy, Baylor U., Texas) was not very impressed im·press 1  
tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es
1. To affect strongly, often favorably:
 with Kuhn's 1962 Structure of Scientific Revolution, but later studied under him at Harvard and was so inspired that he gave up biology for the philosophy of science. Here he reconstructs the development of Kuhn's (1922-96) historical philosophy of science, focusing on his philosophy and on questions surrounding sur·round  
tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds
1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

n.
 it. He explore such issues as who this man is, what the book is, why he revised it, what his conclusions were, what he did after that, his legacy, and his stake in the historiographic revolution for which he sounded the opening horn.

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