Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited

Vasso Kindi is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens, Greece. Theodore Arabatzis is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens, Greece.

• 1. Introduction Vasso Kindi and Theodore Arabatzis Part 1: Origins and Early Reception 2. Kuhn and Logical Positivism: Gaps, Silences, and Tactics of SSR Gürol Irzik 3. From Paradigm to Disciplinary Matrix and Exemplar James A. Marcum 4. Kuhn’s Fundamental Insight – Reflection on the ‘Social Sciences’, as a Pedagogical and Philosophical Tool for Thinking Adequately About the Natural Sciences Rupert Read and Wes Sharrock Part 2: Key Concepts 5. Kuhn’s Paradigms Vasso Kindi 6. Some Puzzles about Kuhn’s Exemplars Thomas Nickles 7. Revolution as Evolution: The Concept of Evolution in Kuhn’s Philosophy Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen 8. Incommensurability: Revisiting the Chemical Revolution Hasok Chang Part 3: Implications 9. Scientific Concepts and Conceptual Change Hanne Andersen 10. Kuhn, Naturalism, and the Social Study of Science Alexander Bird 11. The Structure of Philosophical History: Thoughts after Kuhn Alan Richardson

"This is an important collection of papers that are worthy contributions to our understanding of Thomas Kuhn's philosophy and of Structure in particular." --K. Brad Wray, State University of New York, Oswego for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited is a rich source of information about the key concepts in Kuhn’s work, and about the internal history of its development…" --Finn Collin in Science & Education