Thomas S. Kuhn
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Philosopher and historian of science (1922 to 1996) whose The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) argued that science moves through paradigms and…
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A paradigm is what a scientific community shares, and the community is those who share it (opens korrents.com)
“A paradigm is what the members of a scientific community share, and, conversely, a scientific community consists of men who share a paradigm.”
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His account of science is not relativism; he believes in scientific progress (opens korrents.com)
“That is not a relativist's position, and it displays the sense in which I am a convinced believer in scientific progress.”
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Science's history, read as more than anecdote, could transform our image of science (opens korrents.com)
“History, if viewed as a repository for more than anecdote or chronology, could produce a decisive transformation in the image of science by which we are now possessed.”
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A paradigm is what a scientific community shares, and the community is those who share it (opens korrents.com)