Open AccessANALYSIS OF PARADIGM SHIFT AND IRRATIONALITY IN THOMAS KUHN’S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Author(s) -
Göksel Yıkmış
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
addaiyan journal of arts humanaties and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8783
DOI - 10.36099/ajahss.3.2.4
Subject(s) - paradigm shift , normal science , irrational number , irrationality , epistemology , philosophy of science , scientific progress , rationality , sociology , philosophy , mathematics , geometry
In this article, I will explore Kuhn’s arguments concerning hisclaims of “paradigm shift in science is irrational”. First, I will do this bylooking into Kuhn’s opinions about paradigms, normal science, andrevolutions by taking reference to his writings. Second, I will try tounderstand influences and ideas located in “The Structure of ScientificRevolutions”. Third, I will look into the scientific examples that related toKuhn’s claims about paradigm changes as irrational. I considered theparamount importance of historical and well-known examples in science.This is as to why and how Kuhn has concluded and understood the stagesand effects of paradigm changes are irrational in the collective thinking ofthe masses in the science world. To get the bottom of Kuhn’s claims in thelight of wider scientific changes, I will try to demonstrate relationshipsbetween Kuhn’s specific notions and these scientific examples. To do this,I came up with the main question and two close objectives so that completethe article in a manner that the article focuses on deeper layers of Kuhn’sclaims how paradigm changes in science are irrational.