Ducks, Rabbits, and Normal Science
Recasting the Kuhn's-eye View of Popper's Demarcation of Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399143 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah G Mayo (0000-0001-8252-9968, Virginia Tech, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 271-290 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/47.2.271 |
| OpenAlex | W2111096348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Kuhn maintains that what marks the transition to a science is the ability to carry out ‘normal’ science—a practice he characterizes as abandoning the kind of testing that Popper lauds as the hallmark of science. Examining Kuhn's own contrast with Popper, I propose to recast Kuhnian normal science. Thus recast, it is seen to consist of severe and reliable tests of low-level experimental hypotheses (normal tests) and is, indeed, the place to look to demarcate science. While thereby vindicating Kuhn on demarcation, my recasting of normal science is seen to tell against Kuhn's view of revolutionary science.
Epistemology · Karl popper · Normal science · Philosophy of science · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Science and Climate Studies
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2023 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |