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Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science

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The author shows that he masters the subject with insight and is able to reconstruct either chronologically or by problems, thesis, objections and possible interpretations, the philosophical work of T.S.Kuhn. He choices to present the reconstruction from a caritative point of view, wich allows him to concentrate into the internal problems of Kuhn's theory of science. In Part I he locates Kuhn's work in the context of the Historiography of Science. Part II concentrates in the problem of scientific knowledge and Kuhn's hard and highly misunderstood thesis about "the construction of the world". Part III develops the subject of the dynamic of scientific knowledge and Kuhn's point of view about scientific progress. It is particulary helpfull to have at hand Kuhn's books while reading Hoyningen-Huene's book because he has a gift for suitable quotation.

This is an excellent account of the work of Thomas Kuhn - esp. in bringing out the development of his thought on epistemology and ontology as it relates to his philosophy of science. Profitable to read it after The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: A Reader's Guide (Reader's Guides).