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Thomas Kuhn
1922-1996
“…means research firmly based upon one or
more past scientific achievements, achievements
that some particular scientific community
acknowledges for a time we supplying
Normal foundation for its further practice.”
-TS Kuhn, 1962
Science The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
A plausible or scientifically “an important
acceptable general change that happens
Paradigm principle or body of
principles offered to
when the usual way
explain phenomena of thinking about or
doing something is
replaced by a new
and different way”
+ -Merriam Webster
Revolutionary
Normal Science
Science
Nicolaus Copernicus
1473-1543
Pioneer: Heliocentric Theory
Aristarchus of Samos
310 B.C.E. – 230 B.C.E.
Heliocentric Theory
1 Motion of heavenly bodies: uniform and circular.
Infinitesimal Calculus
-developed along with
Gottfried Leibniz
The Einsteinian
Revolution
Physicist
Albert Einstein
1879-1955
General and Special Theory
of Relativity
-Newton considered space
and time as fixed (normal
science); however Einstein
revolutionized this idea by
asserting that time and
space are relative in his
special theory of relativity;
-The general theory on the
other hand interweaves
gravity with space and time.
Photoelectric Effect
E=mc2
“Father of Chemistry”
Theological Writer
Robert Boyle
1667-1691
Boyle’s Contributions
Boyle’s Boyle’s
Air Pump Law
P1V1 = P2V2
“Father of Modern
Chemistry”
Antoine-Laurent
Lavosier
1743-1794
Lavosier’s Contributions
Phlogiston Theory
NormalBy
Science
Joseph Priestly
The Darwinian
Revolution
Normal Science
Naturalist
Geologist
Biologist
Charles Darwin
1809-1882
Natural Selection
: a natural process that results in the survival
and reproductive success of individuals or
groups best adjusted to their environment and
that leads to the perpetuation of genetic
qualities best suited to that environment.
Evolutionary Biology
: a discipline of biology concerned with the
processes and patterns of biological evolution
especially in relation to the diversity of
organisms and how they change over time
The Theory of Evolution
The Freudian
Revolution
Neurologist
“Father of
Psychoanalysis”
Sigmund Freud
1856-1939
Psychoanalytic theory
Conscious Unconscious
Dreams
Verbal Slips
Free Association
Oedipus complex
Activity
Directions: Research about the following scientists’ planetary model and complete the table below..
Name of Scientist Planetary Model What was correct with the What was wrong with the
model? model?
Assignment
Directions: Make a list of other scientists whose works can be considered as Intellectual Revolutions.