Philosophy 2700F/G Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Imre Lakatos, Paradigm Shift, Anathema
26 Oct 2018
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Scientific revolutions: non-cumulative developmental episodes in which an older paradigm is replaced in whole or in part by an incompatible new one. Parallel with political revolutions: inaugurated by a growing sense, often restricted to a segment of the community, that existing institutions have ceased to adequately address problems in society. Scientific revolutions are inaugurated by a growing sense, often restricted to a part of the scientific community, that an existing paradigm ceased to function adequately. Sense of malfunction that can lead to crisis is a prerequisite for a revolution. Scientific revolutions need only seem revolutionary to those paradigms affected by them. Political revolutions aim to change political institutions in ways that those institutions prohibit. Success necessitates the partial relinquishment of one set of institutions in favor of another and in the interim, society is not fully governed by institutions at all.
