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Philosophy of Science
What makes science scientific? Demarcation, explanation, theory change, realism vs anti-realism. From the Vienna Circle through Popper's falsificationism to Kuhn's paradigm shifts and Lakatos's research programmes.
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Karl Popper concept
Karl Popper (1902-1994). Falsificationism — science advances not by verifying but by trying to refute. Conjectures and Refutations. The Open Society and Its Enemies attacked Plato, Hegel, and Marx. Critical rationalism.
Thomas Kuhn concept
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962). Normal science operates within paradigms; anomalies accumulate until a paradigm shift occurs. Incommensurability between paradigms. Changed how we understand science.