Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60

K. Brad Wray is Associate Professor at the Centre for Science Studies, Aarhus University. His recent publications include Interpreting Kuhn: Critical Essays (Cambridge, 2021) and Kuhn's Intellectual Path: Charting 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' (Cambridge, 2021).

'The book has a nice mix of older and relatively new voices. I learned something new in each chapter. The diversity of topics is noteworthy, with much illuminating attention given to little-recognized influences on Kuhn's career.' Tom Nickles, University of Nevada, Reno

• Part I. Writing Structure: 1. I would probably never have written structure Richard Creath; 2. The influence of science funding policy on Kuhn's structure of scientific revolutions Jamie Shaw; Part II. Normal Science and Science Education: 3. Kuhn's '5th law of thermodynamics': measurement, data, and anomalies Alisa Bokulich and Federica Bocchi; 4. Normal science: the rise and fall of scientific traditions Pablo Melogno; 5. Textbook science before and after structure Alexandra Bradner; 6. Thomas Kuhn, normal science and education Hasok Chang; Part III. Incommensurability, Progress and Revolutions: 7. Kuhn on translation Alex Levine; 8. Paradigm shifts and group belief change Haixin Dang; 9. The puzzle of promise: aka Kuhn's problem Chris Haufe; 10. The orwellian dimension of scientific progress K. Brad Wray; 11. Essential tensions in 21st century science Hanne Andersen; IV. Kuhn's Impact on the Philosophy, Sociology and History of Science: 12. The ambiguous legacy of Kuhn's structure for normative philosophy of science Jonathan Y. Tsou; 13. Thomas Kuhn and the strong programme: an appropriate appropriation? Markus Seidel; 14. Kuhn and the history of science Vasso Kindi.