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Kuhn loss: a standalone construct

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History of science

the problem-solving power or explanatory content of an older theory that is lost when a successor theory replaces it.

In history of science, Kuhn loss refers to the problem-solving power or explanatory content of an older theory that is lost when a successor theory replaces it. This meaning comes from Post (1971) in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A.[1]

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Post, H. R. (1971). Correspondence, invariance and heuristics: In praise of conservative induction. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 2(3), 213-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-3681(71)90042-2

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