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Paradigms Lost and Paradigms Found: Examples of Science Extraordinary and Science Pathological—And How To Tell the Difference
Author(s) -
Turro Nicholas J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20000703)39:13<2255::aid-anie2255>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - scientific revolution , epistemology , normal science , engineering ethics , sociology , cognitive science , psychology , philosophy , engineering
The course of scientific research can be described in terms of the action of paradigms on the conduct of normal, everyday science and on puzzle generation and solution (see diagram). When certain research appears to create anomalies and attracts the attention of the scientific community, a scientific crisis results which may lead to a true scientific revolution and paradigm shift or to pathological science which is then ignored by the community.