{"product_id":"the-last-writings-of-thomas-thomas-s-kuhn-9780226822747","title":"The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eA must-read follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most important books of the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book contains the text of Thomas S. Kuhn's unfinished book, \u003ci\u003e The Plurality of Worlds: An Evolutionary Theory of Scientific Development\u003c\/i\u003e, which Kuhn himself described as a return to the central claims of \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e and the problems that it raised but did not resolve.\u003ci\u003e The Plurality of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is preceded by two related texts that Kuhn publicly delivered but never published in English: his paper \"Scientific Knowledge as Historical Product\" and his Shearman Memorial Lectures, \"The Presence of Past Science.\" An introduction by the editor describes the origins and structure of \u003ci\u003eThe Plurality of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e and sheds light on its central philosophical problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kuhn's aims in his last writings are bold. He sets out to develop an empirically grounded theory of meaning that would allow him to make sense of both the possibility of historical understanding and the inevitability of incommensurability between past and present science. In his view, incommensurability is fully compatible with a robust notion of the real world that science investigates, the rationality of scientific change, and the idea that scientific development is progressive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas S. Kuhn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226822745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226822747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023","brand":"Thomas S. Kuhn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053142438143,"sku":"9780226822747","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8cc7693-d5d0-41b8-8e50-2e5bee3da5ae.jpg?v=1685022653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-writings-of-thomas-thomas-s-kuhn-9780226822747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}