Normal science
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Normal science is a concept originated by Thomas Samuel Kuhn and elaborated in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The term refers to the regular work of scientists experimenting within a settled paradigm or explanatory framework. Regarding science as puzzle-solving, Kuhn explained normal science as slowly accumulating detail in accord with established broad theory, without questioning or challenging the underlying assumptions of that theory.
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See also
- Citizen science
- Demarcation problem
- Henri Poincare
- Interpretive communities
- Jerome Ravetz
- Paradigm shift
- Post-normal science
- Scientific community
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