offered generations of young scholars

Philosopher Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions9 defines paradigms as universally recognized scientific frameworks that, for a time, provide model problems and solutions to a community of practitioners. Kuhn’s book introduced into common usage the term paradigm shift, meaning a fundamental change in a widely used model or perception. Kuhn has offered generations of young scholars the thrilling prospect that their work could have the potential to revolutionize their chosen field by sparking a scientific revolution, which he describes as: “… when… the profession [adopts] a new set of commitments, a new basis for the practice of science. The extraordinary episodes in which that shift of professional commitments occurs are the ones known… as scientific revolutions. They are the tradition-shattering complements สล็อต เว็บตรง