SOCI 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Kuhn, Scientific Method, Normal Science
13 Nov 2017
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Francis bacon was a spokesperson for the scientific revolution. In terms of importance, bacon placed reflection above observation of nature. Induction is a thought process we rarely use in everyday life. A critical step in scientific induction is to conduct experiments to confirm connections between events. The baconian creed exerted little influence throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The scientists of the royal society uniformly practiced what they preached scientific induction. Ba(cid:272)o(cid:374)"s a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t is (cid:373)ore (cid:272)o(cid:373)pati(cid:271)le with the theoretical sciences than with the experimental sciences. Induction agrees with the empiricist view that all knowledge must come from experience. Karl popper"s positio(cid:374) parallels the rationalist view that our deepest insights come from experience, not pure reason. Popper maintained that the role of tests is to refute or falsify theories. Thomas kuhn views scientists in periods of normal science as ordinary people, puzzle solvers working strictly within the confines of a paradigm.
