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Philosophy of science

research firmly based on a paradigm, devoted to puzzle-solving that extends and refines it rather than testing its foundations.

In philosophy of science, normal science refers to research firmly based on a paradigm, devoted to puzzle-solving that extends and refines it rather than testing its foundations. This meaning comes from Kuhn (1962) in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.[1]

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References

Kuhn, T. S. (1962). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press. Open Library record

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