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<blockquote data-quote="AE 87" data-source="post: 223005" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>Thanks for the link. </p><p></p><p>Just for a bit of clarity on my position. I accept Thomas Kuhn's interpretation of development within science as initially explained in <em>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</em> and clarified in subsequent essays. </p><p></p><p>Kuhn identified "normal science" as the situation in which scientists within a community operate within a paradigm or the constraints of a scientific theory. The paradigm or theory establishes the givens of the discipline which are, at best, confirmed by observations. After a paradigm is established, encountering observations that don't fit does not automatically overturn the paradigm but simply raises questions to be addressed and investigated. He described the abandonment of one paradigm for another as a revolution because it requires looking at the world in a completely different way.</p><p></p><p>When I spoke of faith, I was referring to the disposition of those outside the scientific community who accept the community's conclusions without understanding the paradigm and the degree to which the evidence is confirming or dis-confirming. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I agree that this new topic is interesting (and probably deserved a different thread).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AE 87, post: 223005, member: 195"] Thanks for the link. Just for a bit of clarity on my position. I accept Thomas Kuhn's interpretation of development within science as initially explained in [I]The Structure of Scientific Revolutions[/I] and clarified in subsequent essays. Kuhn identified "normal science" as the situation in which scientists within a community operate within a paradigm or the constraints of a scientific theory. The paradigm or theory establishes the givens of the discipline which are, at best, confirmed by observations. After a paradigm is established, encountering observations that don't fit does not automatically overturn the paradigm but simply raises questions to be addressed and investigated. He described the abandonment of one paradigm for another as a revolution because it requires looking at the world in a completely different way. When I spoke of faith, I was referring to the disposition of those outside the scientific community who accept the community's conclusions without understanding the paradigm and the degree to which the evidence is confirming or dis-confirming. Anyway, I agree that this new topic is interesting (and probably deserved a different thread). [/QUOTE]
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