Books by Thomas Kuhn
“Kuhn was a famous American philosopher of science, and in this book he was writing about paradigm shifts: how the scientific community, and therefore eventually all of us, change our world views. He looks at where those revisionary revolutions in thought come from. Instead of it being a straightforward ladder of progress, you never know where knowledge is going to come from. It can come from left field, and the book is full of examples of that sort of paradigm shift.” Read more...
The best books on The History of Medicine and Addiction
Louise Foxcroft, Historian
Interviews where books by Thomas Kuhn were recommended
The best books on The History of Medicine and Addiction, recommended by Louise Foxcroft
Historian and author Louise Foxcroft prescribes reading on medical practices of the past, from treatments of madness and non-existent disease, to drug use and the origins of hypochondria.