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Acquisition of a paradigm and of the more esoteric type of research it permits is a sign of maturity in the development of any given scientific field.
The three things normal science works on
Why do scientists practice normal Science
revolutions affect different groups differently
anomaly leads to revolution
New discoveries can deny the validity of once paradigmatic processes
Novelty emerges quote
How to reject a paradigm
the carpenter who blames his tools
A reconstruction of the field
What is a revolution
paradigm debates always involve the question: Which problems is it more significant to have solved?
Scientists are not, of course, the only group that tends to see its discipline’s past developing linearly toward its present vantage.
I wonder if during the arcade years, the approach to game design changed
Whitehead caught the unhistorical spirit of the scientific community when he wrote, “A science that hesitates to forget its founders is lost.”
Great quote
In the sciences the testing situation never consists, as puzzle-solving does, simply in the comparison of a single paradigm with nature. Instead, testing occurs as part of the competition between two rival paradigms for the allegiance of the scientific community.
There it is, the quote to bridge the two ideas
What leads to a crisis state isn't falsification, no one theory can account for everything.
The question of whether or not you should move to a new paradigm, is all about which paradigm fits reality BETTER, both will have exceptions
Proponents of competing paradigms will often disagree on the list of problems to be solved
Sometimes the changing of a paradigm loses SOLUTIONS as well as problems from the previous paradigm
Making claims of a new paradigm is really dangerous - people from the previous paradigm can ONLY view your take as incorrect until they completely rebuild their view of a subject matter
A paradigm shift doesn't exactly make the previous paradigm wrong so much as it redefines the terms of the old paradigm
The very existence of science depends upon vesting the power to choose between paradigms in the members of a special kind of community. Just
The belief that natural selection, resulting from mere competition between organisms for survival, could have produced man together with the higher animals and plants was the most difficult and disturbing aspect of Darwin’s theory. What could ‘evolution,’ ‘development,’ and ‘progress’ mean in the absence of a specified goal? To many people, such terms suddenly seemed self-contradictory.
This is the idea that we are not moving towards one final answer of science, but rather oure knowledge is simply evolving. This supports the idea of revolution. Also this better matches how art and design continually evolve
