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- Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60
- Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
- Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Writing Structure
- Part II Normal Science and Science Education
- Part III Incommensurability, Progress, and Revolutions
- 7 Kuhn on Translation
- 8 Paradigm Shifts and Group Belief Change
- 9 The Puzzle of Promise, aka “Kuhn’s Problem”
- 10 The Orwellian Dimension of Scientific Progress
- 11 Essential Tensions in Twenty-First-Century Science
- Part IV Kuhn’s Impact on the Philosophy, Sociology, and History of Science
- Bibliography
- Index
11 - Essential Tensions in Twenty-First-Century Science
from Part III - Incommensurability, Progress, and Revolutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2024
- Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60
- Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries
- Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Writing Structure
- Part II Normal Science and Science Education
- Part III Incommensurability, Progress, and Revolutions
- 7 Kuhn on Translation
- 8 Paradigm Shifts and Group Belief Change
- 9 The Puzzle of Promise, aka “Kuhn’s Problem”
- 10 The Orwellian Dimension of Scientific Progress
- 11 Essential Tensions in Twenty-First-Century Science
- Part IV Kuhn’s Impact on the Philosophy, Sociology, and History of Science
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter revisits Thomas Kuhn’s argument about an essential tension between tradition and innovation as a driver of scientific progress. It shows that Kuhn’s argument builds on a number of assumptions about the practices of science that held for past science conducted by individuals working within isolated disciplines, and argues that it does therefore not necessarily hold for the increasingly collaborative and interdisciplinary science we see today. Examining different types of organization into teams, the chapter discusses how changes in the granularity of collaboration affect Kuhn’s essential tension argument.
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- Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60 , pp. 197 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024