Change Quote by Thomas Kuhn
“Though the world does not change with a change of paradigm, the scientist afterward works in a different world... I am convinced that we must learn to make sense of statements that at least resemble these. What occurs during a scientific revolution is not fully reducible to a re-interpretation of individual and stable data. In the first place, the data are not unequivocally stable.”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962
Scientific revolutions reshape the entire framework, not just reinterpret existing data, which are themselves unstable.
In simple terms: Science changes fundamentally, not just incrementally.
Key Takeaway
Embrace paradigm shifts.
Themes
science
paradigm shift
knowledge
Mood
analytical
critical
Type
philosophical
academic
When to use this quote
- research funding
- academic curricula
- technology development
- policy making
Key Concepts
philosophy of science
epistemology
Questions to Reflect On
- What evidence signals a paradigm shift?
- How do you adapt to changing scientific landscapes?
A Different Perspective
New paradigms can be resisted; change is uncertain.
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