Normal Science and Normal Kuhn. Review of Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions – 50 Years On

• Main Author: Adam Tuboly
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Philosophical Research 2015-12-01
• Series: Avant: Journal of Philosophical-Interdisciplinary Vanguard
• Subjects: Thomas Kuhn; Structure of Scientific Revolutions; philosophy of science; normal science; science studies
• Online Access: http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/Tuboly-Normal_Science.pdf

1962 marked an important point in intellectual history not only for historians, philosophers, sociologists and scientists but also for educated laymen. After a long and productive decade Thomas Kuhn published his “Structure of Scientific Revolutions” as Volume 2 Issue 2 of the “International Encyclopedia of Unified Science”, edited (after the death of Otto Neurath) by Rudolf Carnap and Charles Morris. 2012 marked another important date—it was the 50th anniversary of Structure’s first edition. The many conferences, workshops and presentations were documented in special issues and collections; one of them is Kuhn’s “Structure of Scientific Revolutions – 50 Years On”, edited by William J. Devlin and Alisa Bokulich. The review aims to shed light on the collections relevance for current interdisciplinary studies.