Book contents
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Groundwork for Structure: Harvard 1947 to 1955
- Chapter 1 What Did Aristotle Teach Kuhn?
- Chapter 2 The Influence of James B. Conant
- Chapter 3 Kuhn and the History of Chemistry
- Chapter 4 Kuhn and the Logical Positivists
- Part II The Unexpected Uptake: Kuhn and the Social Sciences
- Part III Kuhn and the History of Science
- Part IV Kuhn’s Philosophical Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 3 - Kuhn and the History of Chemistry
from Part I - The Groundwork for Structure: Harvard 1947 to 1955
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2022
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Kuhn’s Intellectual Path
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Groundwork for Structure: Harvard 1947 to 1955
- Chapter 1 What Did Aristotle Teach Kuhn?
- Chapter 2 The Influence of James B. Conant
- Chapter 3 Kuhn and the History of Chemistry
- Chapter 4 Kuhn and the Logical Positivists
- Part II The Unexpected Uptake: Kuhn and the Social Sciences
- Part III Kuhn and the History of Science
- Part IV Kuhn’s Philosophical Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the influence of the history of chemistry on Kuhn's thinking as he wrote SSR. Many of the examples he draws on in the book come from the history of chemistry.
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- Kuhn's Intellectual PathCharting <I>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</I>, pp. 50 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021