Reading guide for Tues 10/13: 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)?