paradigm-shifts

The cited works collectively reflect moments of scientific upheaval and transition, which are central to Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions.

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)Thomas S. Kuhn

3. For chemistry, see H. Metzger, Les doctrines chimiques en France du début du XVIIe à la fin du XVIIIe siècle (Paris, 1923), pp. 24–27, 146–49; and Marie Boas, Robert Boyle and Seventeenth-Century Chemistry (Cambridge, 1958), chap. ii. For geology, see Walter F. Cannon, “The Uniformitarian-Catastrophist Debate,” Isis, LI (1960), 38–55; and C. C. Gillispie, Genesis and Geology (Cambridge, Mass., 1951), chaps. iv–v.

This chapter primarily serves as a bibliographic guide, referencing key historical and philosophical works related to the development and controversies within various scientific disciplines such as chemistry, geology, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and classical physics. It highlights the scholarly sources that document debates, paradigm shifts, and the reception of scientific theories from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, setting the stage for understanding anomalies and the emergence of scientific discoveries.

8. For electricity, see ibid, chaps. viii–ix. For chemistry, see Metzger, op. cit., Part I.

This chapter primarily functions as a set of references and citations that support the discussion on scientific revolutions, particularly focusing on the historical development of electricity and chemistry, as well as the concept of revolutions as changes in world view. It points to key works and experiments, such as those by Stratton on vision and perception, that illustrate shifts in scientific paradigms. The chapter underscores the importance of historical and philosophical context in understanding scientific progress.