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the Copernican revolution, chemical revolution, Darwinian revolution, revolutions in physics
Choose an episode in the history of science that Khun would classify as a scientific revolution (the Copernican revolution, chemical revolution, Darwinian revolution, revolutions in physics, etc.) and evaluate the evidence more carefully to determine how well these episodes support Kuhn’s model. Do you find that this episode provides evidence for Kuhn’s theory of the development of science? Does this episode support a firm distinction between normal science and revolutionary science? Are there really universally accepted theories (paradigms)? Could it be that Kuhn has imposed a structure on the development of science that isn’t really there?