The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, With an Autobiographical Interview

by Kuhn, Thomas S.

• ISBN13: 9780226457987
• ISBN10: 0226457982
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS

Summary

Thomas Kuhn will undoubtedly be remembered primarily forThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a book that introduced one of the most influential conceptions of scientific progress to emerge during the twentieth century.The Road Since Structure, assembled with Kuhn's input before his death in 1996, follows the development of his thought through the later years of his life: collected here are several essays extending and rethinking the perspectives ofStructureas well as an extensive, fascinating autobiographical interview in which Kuhn discusses the course of his life and philosophy.

Author Biography

James Conant is a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of two books, Hilary Putnam: Realism with a Human Face and Hilary Putnam: Words and Life.

John Haugeland is also a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two books, Artificial Intelligence, the Very Idea and Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind, and the editor of two books, Mind Design and Mind Design II.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Jehane R. Kuhn
Editors' Introduction	1	(10)
PART 1: RECONCEIVING SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS	11	(110)
What Are Scientific Revolutions?	13	(20)
Commensurability, Comparability, Communicability	33	(25)
Possible Worlds in History of Science	58	(32)
The Road since Structure	90	(15)
The Trouble with the Historical Philosophy of Science	105	(16)
PART 2: COMMENTS AND REPLIES	121	(132)
Reflections on My Critics	123	(53)
Theory Change as Structure Change: Comments on the Sneed Formalism	176	(20)
Metaphor in Science	196	(12)
Rationality and Theory Choice	208	(8)
The Natural and the Human Sciences	216	(8)
Afterwords	224	(29)
PART 3: A DISCUSSION WITH THOMAS S. KUHN	253	(72)
Publications of Thomas S. Kuhn	325