Abstract

Abstract Thomas S. Kuhn’s (1962) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has been an extraordinarily influential book. Coming at the height of the hegemony of logical empiricism —as espoused by such figures as R. B. Braithwaite, Rudolf Carnap, Herbert Feigl, Carl G. Hempel, and Hans Reichenbach—it posed a severe challenge to the logistic approach that they practiced. It also served as an unparalleled source of inspiration to philosophers with a historical bent. For a quarter of a century there has been a deep division between the logical empiricists and those who adopt the historical approach, and Kuhn’s book was undoubtedly a key document in the production and preservation of this gulf.

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