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Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on the scientific revolutions, falsifiability and what are the main features of a scientific hypothesis.
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'What Kuhn pointed out was that the scientists don't operate the way that you would expect that they do according to Popper, looking for refutations, and once they get a refutation (that is, some observational result which clashes with their theories), they give up the theory. Kuhn talked about scientists treating apparently negative results as anomalies rather than refutation. '
John Worrall, Professor of Philosophy of Science, the London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on the scientific revolutions, falsifiability and what are the main features of a scientific hypothesis.
Read the full text on our website: serious-science.org/popper-and-kuhn-on-theory-change-10268
'What Kuhn pointed out was that the scientists don't operate the way that you would expect that they do according to Popper, looking for refutations, and once they get a refutation (that is, some observational result which clashes with their theories), they give up the theory. Kuhn talked about scientists treating apparently negative results as anomalies rather than refutation. '
John Worrall, Professor of Philosophy of Science, the London School of Economics and Political Science
Theory-Change and Scientific Realism: serious-science.org/theory-change-and-scientific-realism-9304
Governance of Science: serious-science.org/governance-of-science-8830
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