Incommensurability
Competing paradigms are incommensurable; they use different standards and language, making them hard to compare directly.
Shifting paradigms is not just about evidence it’s about changing the lens through which reality is understood, often leading to miscommunication across schools of thought.
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A foundational text in the philosophy and history of science. Kuhn introduces the concept of "paradigm shifts" and how scientific progress is not linear but revolutionary.
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