Abstract

GALLEGOS, Miguel. Kuhn and the historiography of science in the STS field. Rev. iberoam. cienc. tecnol. soc. [online]. 2013, vol.8, n.22, pp.153-177. ISSN 1850-0013.

This paper examines the wide spreading that the work of Thomas Kuhn The structure of scientific revolutions (1962) has had in the historiographic field of science. Firstly, there is a historical contextualization of the appearance of his work towards the middle of the 20th century. Secondly, the author of this paper analyzes the impact of his work in the development of the studies about Science, Technology and Society (STS). This paper highlights the importance that Kuhn's work had for the development of a new historiography of science in the STS field of study, where a predominant sociological orientation is verified

Keywords : Kuhn; History of science; STS.

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