New assumptions (paradigms/theories) require the reconstruction of prior assumptions and the reevaluation of prior facts.
These shifts are what Kuhn describes as scientific revolutions"the tradition-shattering complements to the tradition-bound activity of normal science" (6).
#Universal battle realm professional#
A shift in professional commitments to shared assumptions takes place when an anomaly "subverts the existing tradition of scientific practice" (6).
Research is "a strenuous and devoted attempt to force nature into the conceptual boxes supplied by professional education" (5).
To this end, "normal science often suppresses fundamental novelties because they are necessarily subversive of its basic commitments" (5).
Normal science "is predicated on the assumption that the scientific community knows what the world is like" (5)scientists take great pains to defend that assumption.
The nature of the "rigorous and rigid" preparation helps ensure that the received beliefs exert a "deep hold" on the student's mind.
Licenses the student for professional practice" (5).
These beliefs form the foundation of the "educational initiation that prepares and.
A scientific community cannot practice its trade without some set of received beliefs (p.
KuhnĬhapter I - Introduction: A Role for History.Kuhn begins by formulating some assumptions that lay the foundation for subsequent discussion and by briefly outlining the key contentions of the book. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S.