Paradigms Flashcards
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Thomas Kuhn 1962 —> what did he propose ?
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That scientific knowledge about the world develops through revolutions rather than Popper’s theory of falsification.
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Paradigm shift
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Where there is an existing theory, refuting evidence surrounding the existing theory and then a new theory is formed (paradigm).
Paradigm shift suggests science isn’t stable, it is constantly changing and progressing.
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