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A shift in professional commitments to shared assumptions takes place when an anomaly "subverts the existing tradition of scientific practice" (6). These shifts are what Kuhn describes as scientific revolutions—" the tradition-shattering complements to the tradition-bound activity of normal science " (6).
Thomas Kuhn argued that science does not evolve gradually towards truth . Science has a paradigm which remains constant before going through a paradigm shift when current theories can't explain some phenomenon, and someone proposes a new theory.
In 1962, Kuhn's renowned The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Structure) helped to inaugurate a revolution—the 1960s historiographic revolution—by providing a new image of science. For Kuhn, scientific revolutions involved paradigm shifts that punctuated periods of stasis or normal science.
| Thomas Kuhn | |
|---|---|
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Thesis | The Cohesive Energy of Monovalent Metals as a Function of Their Atomic Quantum Defects |
| Main interests | Philosophy of science History of science |
| Notable ideas | Paradigm shift Incommensurability Normal science Kuhn loss Transcendental nominalism |
Kuhn argued for an episodic model in which periods of conceptual continuity where there is cumulative progress, which Kuhn referred to as periods of "normal science", were interrupted by periods of revolutionary science . The discovery of "anomalies" during revolutions in science leads to new paradigms.
Terms in this set (7) What examples does Barash give to support his claim that "science is one of humanity's most noble and successful endeavours"? " We know more than ever about our own bodies, the biosphere, the planet and even the cosmos.
Kuhn argued for an episodic model in which periods of conceptual continuity where there is cumulative progress, which Kuhn referred to as periods of "normal science", were interrupted by periods of revolutionary science . The discovery of "anomalies" during revolutions in science leads to new paradigms.
Why understanding the Kuhn Cycle is important So called "progress" cannot go on forever . The environment cannot be tamed and subjugated, as mankind has done before to everything else that stood in the way of "progress." Environmentalism finds itself in the Pre- science step of the Kuhn Cycle.