Discovery methodology

Paradigm Shifts

The deep changes in how a field sees the world, as described by the philosopher Thomas Kuhn — moments when one framework of assumptions gives way to another, as when the Earth-centred cosmos was replaced by a Sun-centred one.

The Copernican Revolution
Scientific Revolutions

Across the history of discovery

Scientific Revolutions

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Associated withThe Copernican Revolution
Associated withScientific Revolutions
Associated withScientific Revolutions

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Paradigm Shifts

Astronomers, eras & methods

Across the history of discovery

Knowledge connections

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Paradigm Shifts

Astronomers, eras & methods

Across the history of discovery

Knowledge connections

Sources