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This groundbreaking work fundamentally transformed how we understand the nature of scientific progress and discovery. Kuhn challenges the traditional view of science as a steady accumulation of knowledge, instead proposing that scientific advancement occurs through dramatic shifts in perspective—what he calls "paradigm shifts"—where entire frameworks of understanding are replaced rather than merely refined. Through compelling historical examples and rigorous analysis, he explores how scientists work within established paradigms until anomalies and crises force the scientific community to adopt radically new ways of seeing the world. The book examines the revolutionary moments when old certainties give way to new ones, revealing science as a more complex, human, and discontinuous process than previously imagined. A seminal text that has profoundly influenced philosophy, history, and our understanding of how knowledge itself evolves.
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Published Jan 1, 1996
230 pages
ISBN: 9780226458083
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First Published
1962
Language
en
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