“When it repudiates a past paradigm, a scientific community simultaneously renounces, as a fit subject for professional scrutiny, most of the books and articles in which that paradigm had been embodied. Scientific education makes use of no equivalent for the art museum or the library of classics, and the result is a sometimes drastic distortion in the scientist's perception of his discipline's past. More than the practitioners of other creative fields, he comes to see it as leading in a straight line to the discipline's present vantage. In short, he comes to see it as progress. No alternative is available to him while he remains in the field.”
Quote by Thomas S. Kuhn
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
This influential book delves into the historical development of scientific theories, examining how they evolve and transform over time. It introduces the concept of paradigm shifts and their role in scientific revolutions, offering a framework for understanding the nature of scientific progress. more
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