The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Author: Thomas S. Kuhn
Thomas S. Kuhn’s classic book is now available with a new index. “A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific theories, he would presumably….Read More
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