{"product_id":"the-road-since-structure-philosophical-essays-1970-1993-with-an-autobiographical-interview-paperback","title":"The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical Interview - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas S. Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Kuhn will undoubtedly be remembered primarily for \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that introduced one of the most influential conceptions of scientific progress to emerge during the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eThe Road Since Structure\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 of \u003ci\u003eStructure\u003c\/i\u003e as well as an extensive, fascinating autobiographical interview in which Kuhn discusses the course of his life and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Kuhn's \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1962, is one of the most important works of our time. It has been translated into twenty five languages, and the English edition alone has sold more than one million copies. \u003ci\u003eStructure\u003c\/i\u003e established Kuhn as the century's most influential philosopher of science, but during the last twenty years of his life, Kuhn was radically rethinking the central concepts of that work. When he died in 1996, he left an unfinished sequel to \u003ci\u003eStructure\u003c\/i\u003e and a plan for a collection of essays written since 1970. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDivided into three parts, \u003ci\u003eThe Road since Structure\u003c\/i\u003e is the fullest record we now have of the new direction Kuhn was taking during the last two decades of his life. The first part of the book consists of essays, philosophical rather than historical in nature, in which Kuhn refines the basic concepts set forth in \u003ci\u003eStructure--paradigm\u003c\/i\u003e shifts, incommensurability, and the nature of scientific progress. In part two, Kuhn replies at length to criticisms of his earlier work. Here the reader will find Kuhn arguing his position with some of the most significant philosophers of the time, including Paul Feyerabend and Karl Popper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third part of the volume is the transcript of a remarkable autobiographical interview with Kuhn conducted in Athens in 1995, not quite a year before his death. Here, the usually reticent Kuhn discusses his own intellectual development--his family and upbringing, his education, the influence of his training as a physicist, his war work, his relations with his colleagues, the responses to\u003ci\u003e Structure--as\u003c\/i\u003e well as his struggles to define his philosophical position both before and after that landmark work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road since Structure\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive companion to \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e. Forceful and accessible, it illuminates and further develops Kuhn's classic book, and it will intrigue everyone who has been engaged by \u003ci\u003eStructure\u003c\/i\u003e and the debates it launched. In it they will find the story not only of Kuhn's development but also of the man himself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Conant\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of two books, \u003ci\u003eHilary Putnam: Realism with a Human Face\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHilary Putnam: Words and Life\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e John Haugeland\u003c\/b\u003e is also a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two books, \u003ci\u003eArtificial Intelligence, the Very Idea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHaving Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of two books, \u003ci\u003eMind Design\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Mind Design II\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 6.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039244718160,"sku":"9780226457994","price":65.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/SXUwTlBJYXVnTnFwUXA3K3hXMldRUT09.webp?v=1771841423","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-road-since-structure-philosophical-essays-1970-1993-with-an-autobiographical-interview-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}