KUHN, Thomas S. "Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery", offprint from Science, June 1, 1962. 11x8.5", 5pp. Original wrappers. Three-hole-punched. Very good condition. $250
This is an early appearance of the idea of Kuhn's classic work, The Structure of Scientific Revolution, published in "Structure was not the first time Kuhn had thought about discoveries and their role in the development of science. A few years earlier he had published “Energy Conservation as an Example of Simultaneous Discovery” and just before Structure appeared a short article in Science “Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery.” Whereas in these earlier articles Kuhn had identified various classes of discovery, in Structure he focused on those he had called “troublesome” discoveries, which could not have been predicted by contemporary scientific theory and ultimately required scientists to formulate new paradigms." ("The larger revolution will be discussed in my forthcoming book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions to be published in the fall by the University of Chicago Press. The central ideas in this paper have been abstracted from that source, particularly from the third chapter, 'Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries'."
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