PHILOS 8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Punctuated Equilibrium, Paradigm Shift, Erectile Dysfunction
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L e c t u r e 9. Paradigms: a set of fundamental claims that are not open to discussion. Anomalies: things that open questions which make peo- ple lose faith in the paradigm"s ability to answer / a false prediction of the paradigm or the framework that you"re operating within. Crises: all hell breaks loose / anomalies pile up to a criti- cal mass. Linguistic (incommensurability): bilingual people are able to switch between two different worlds as kuhn would put it (our inability to perfectly translate a language one paradigm uses to another one) Paradigm shift: a scienti c revolution / a change from one paradigm to an- other (due to the accumulation of anomalies / availability of an alternate paradigm / current paradigm not being able to answer current questions) Shape of scienti c change: there are periods of small & slow change punc- tuated by great & rapid moments of change.
