Societies sometimes reform in spite of opposition or because members’ demands for change are not accepted. Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolutions can be applied to analyze the roles of conservatives and progressives: conservatives promote stability, while progressives drive change. This article emphasizes that the participation of both positions is essential for social...
Thomas Kuhn describes the development of science as repeating the process of normal science, in which the existing paradigm is maintained and studied, and scientific revolution, in which critical debate leads to a new paradigm. However, FireAvent argues that Kuhn’s argument does not fit with historical examples, and that even during periods of normal science, critical debate and the...
Criticize Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory to explain the continuity and interdependence of scientific knowledge. Dr. Perelman’s solution of the Poincaré conjecture highlights the close connectivity of scientific knowledge. In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn proposes that scientific theories are not continuous and do not develop gradually, nor is their...
Thomas Kuhn argued that science advances through paradigm shifts, or scientific revolutions, but there are questions about whether the results and methods of normal science are valid in a new paradigm. This article examines the validity of Kuhn’s argument by comparing it to disprovationalism. Before Thomas Kuhn, people thought that science progressed by accumulating knowledge by...
Focusing on Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory, I explain the discontinuity of scientific progress and the concept of incomparability of paradigms. I also criticize Kuhn’s views and discuss the possibility of comparison between paradigms and scientific progress. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which contains Thomas Kuhn’s paradigmatic propositions, was published in...
Thomas Kuhn argued that scientific progress consists of paradigm shifts rather than the accumulation of knowledge. His theories emphasize revolutionary changes in science, as opposed to traditional views of science, and have had a significant impact on the direction and efficiency of scientific research. Thomas Kuhn and his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions are indispensable...
Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory has been applied mainly in physics, but it is worth discussing whether it is valid in biology. In genetics, the theory works well, but in the case of evolutionary theory, it may not be appropriate for reasons of invention. In everyday life, the word “paradigm” is very common. When the way of explaining a situation changes significantly, people usually...
Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions argues that scientific knowledge does not simply accumulate, but rather develops revolutionarily through paradigm shifts. Kuhn’s theory has been controversial from both a positivist and relativist perspective and has led to a new debate in philosophy of science about the search for truth. Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of...
This course discusses the question of whether scientific progress is the result of a gradual accumulation of research achievements or a revolutionary paradigm shift. Focusing on Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolutions, it explores the nature of scientific progress by explaining the relationship between steady-state and revolutionary scientific development, as well as its...
This article explores the development of science by focusing on Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory. It questions whether science seeks absolute truth or merely phenomena explained by new perspectives, and reconsiders the nature and goals of scientific inquiry. As I read about the philosophy of science, I became aware of the debates about how science accumulates knowledge and progresses...