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An Analysis of Holton's Method of Thematic Analysis

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DU Yan-yong
Journal of Dialectics of Nature

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Abstract

As a historian of science,Gerald Holton's central contribution to historiography of science is thematic analysis.This essay elaborates its origin,main ideas and characteristics.This essay also compares the approach of Holton's historiography of science with that of Koyre and Kuhn in order to explain its contribution to historiography of science.