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Paradigm Shifts
“Kuhn described science alternating between normal work and deep revision, not a stream of marketing pivots.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
In Kuhn's account, a paradigm bundles shared exemplars, methods, and commitments. Serious anomalies may contribute to crisis and reorganization of that disciplinary matrix.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
The shift from phlogiston chemistry to Lavoisier's framework changed accepted problems, measurements, and vocabulary.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
Not every new idea, disagreement, or technical improvement is a scientific revolution in Kuhn's sense.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Reserve paradigm for changes to a discipline's central rules and exemplars.