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编者按2012年是库恩的《科学革命的结构》一书出版五十周年。此书的出版,是国际科学哲学界的重要事件,标志着科学哲学中历史主义转向的开端。五十年来,此书深刻地影响了科学哲学及相关学科的历史发展,也引发了一系列热烈的讨论和争论。在五十年后的今天,如何正确评价库恩所引发的这场变革,如何正确理解库恩的思想及其发展,仍然是学界所瞩目的话题。芝加哥大学出版社为纪念《科学革命的结构》出版五十周年专门出版了其第四版,并邀请加拿大
Editor's note 2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolution. The publication of this book is an important event in the international philosophy of science and marks the beginning of the turning of historicism in the philosophy of science. For fifty years, this book has profoundly influenced the historical development of philosophy of science and related disciplines and triggered a series of heated discussions and debates. Nowadays, after 50 years, how to correctly appraise the change that Kuhn caused and how to correctly understand Kuhn's thought and its development are still the topics that scholars pay attention to. The University of Chicago Press publishes its fourth edition specifically to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Structure of Science Revolution and invites Canada