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How Does Science Add to Knowledge?: Thomas Kuhn's Paradigms
In studying the way science has been conducted in different eras, Thomas Kuhn detects a striking pattern. Brief periods of revolution are set against a background of longer calmer periods which Kuhn calls "normal science." In a period of normal scie...
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Thomas Kuhn: His Core Ideas
Philosopher Ian Hacking talks about Thomas Kuhn's core ideas, including the notion that scientists generally practice what Kuhn terms "normal science," but that at times there are tremendous breakthroughs that usually come about after a period of fr...