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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Author: Thomas Kuhn Publisher: Peking University Press
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Author: Thomas Kuhn Publisher: Peking University Press
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This is one of the most influential works in the academic history of the 20th century and a basic document that researchers in the history and philosophy of science must read. It triggered a great change in epistemology and became an important watershed in the history of philosophy of science. Its influence is not only in related fields such as the history of science, philosophy of science, and sociology of science, but also extends to the humanities and social sciences such as sociology, cultural anthropology, literary history, art history, political history, and religious history. It has even had a profound impact on the public sphere. Key concepts in the book, such as "paradigm shift", have now become important global terms.
Since its publication in 1962, this book has caused a strong response and set off a worldwide research boom that has not faded to this day. This edition was published by the University of Chicago Press to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the book's publication, with a new introduction written by Canadian philosopher Professor Ian Hacking. Young translator Professor Zhang Butian carefully translated the new Chinese version.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Thomas S. Kuhn (1922-1996) is an American physicist, philosopher of science, and historian of science. He is known as "the most influential philosopher writing in English after World War II" (Richard Rorty). Kuhn received his doctorate in physics in 1949, and later taught at the University of California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and served as the Lawrence Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. His major works include: The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought, The Necessary Tension, Black Body Theory and Quantum Discontinuity, etc.
Ian Hacking is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, Canada, and Professor of History and Philosophy of Scientific Concepts at the Collège de France.
Zhang Butian holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China and a doctorate in philosophy of science from Peking University. He is currently a tenured professor in the Department of History of Science and a dual-appointed professor in the Department of Philosophy at Tsinghua University. He is also the director of the Center for Classical Studies in Science and Humanities at Tsinghua University and a former editorial board member of the international journal on the history of science ISIS. His research interests include the history of Western scientific thought, the history of natural philosophy, science and religion, etc. He has edited and translated a series of books, including the Science Origin Translation Series, the History of Science Translation Series, and the World Popular Science Masterpieces Translation Series. He has translated nearly 60 academic works, which have been well received by readers.
