Reading guide for Tues 10/10: Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,
sect. V and p.s. sect. 3 (pp. 43-51, 187-191)
Section V
• What is the difference between shared paradigms and shared rules of scientific practice (pp. 43-46)?
• What are Kuhn’s 4 reasons for holding that paradigms are prior to shared rules (pp. 46-51)?
Postscript §3
• What are exemplars and what is the “tacit knowledge” acquired from them (pp. 187-191)?