Lesson 2: THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Flashcards
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He argues that the scientific enterprise if largely a social construct.
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Kuhn
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Provides a model of understanding scientific problems and solutions, as well as research method.
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Paradigm
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The default state of mature science and of the community of researchers who constitute it.
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Normal science
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Occurs when a dominant paradigm is unable to explain new facts.
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Scientific revolution
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a.k.a. of Ptolemaic system.
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Geocentric system
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Known as astronomer and mathematician.
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Alexandrian Ptolemy