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Science Studies · Introductory guide

History & philosophy of science

How does scientific knowledge change?

Overview

Explanation, evidence, paradigms, and scientific change. These thinkers offered different—and often competing—accounts of science. Kuhn influenced SSK without belonging to its sociological programme.

Historical context

Long-standing traditions; major twentieth-century debates

Key thinkers

Ludwik Fleck · Karl Popper · Thomas Kuhn · Imre Lakatos · Paul Feyerabend

Selected reading