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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)

Thomas Kuhn

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Thomas Kuhn's own book, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1962 with an expanded second edition in 1970, setting out normal science, paradigms, anomalies, crisis and scientific revolution as an account of how science actually changes over time.

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Author
Thomas Kuhn
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication Year
1962
Source Type
Book (primary)
Reliability Tier
1
Primary source: Kuhn's own foundational book stating his own account in his own words, tier 1 for what Kuhn himself argued.
Sources
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
Thomas Kuhn, University of Chicago Press, 1962
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Theories, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Concepts, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Scientists, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Holds

1

Scientists

Connected

2

Concepts

General References

2

Concepts

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