Kuhn identifies a general pattern of discovery as part of his account of scientific change.
A discovery is not a simple act, but an extended, complex process, which culminates in paradigm changes.
Paradigms are the symbolic generalizations, metaphysical commitments, values, and exemplars that are shared by a community of scientists and that guide the research of that community.
Paradigm-based, normal science does not aim at novelty but instead at the development, extension, and articulation of accepted paradigms.
A discovery begins with an anomaly, that is, with the recognition that the expectations induced by an established paradigm are being violated. The process of discovery involves several aspects: observations of an anomalous phenomenon, attempts to conceptualize it, and changes in the paradigm so that the anomaly can be accommodated.
A discovery is not a simple act, but an extended, complex process, which culminates in paradigm changes.
Paradigms are the symbolic generalizations, metaphysical commitments, values, and exemplars that are shared by a community of scientists and that guide the research of that community.
Paradigm-based, normal science does not aim at novelty but instead at the development, extension, and articulation of accepted paradigms.
A discovery begins with an anomaly, that is, with the recognition that the expectations induced by an established paradigm are being violated. The process of discovery involves several aspects: observations of an anomalous phenomenon, attempts to conceptualize it, and changes in the paradigm so that the anomaly can be accommodated.
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