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Spontaneous Generation and Kuhn's Model of Scientific Revolution

dc.contributor.authorHill, Alyssa
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-30T21:18:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-14T14:29:58Z
dc.date.available2016-06-30T21:18:07Z
dc.date.available2021-04-14T14:29:58Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThomas S. Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" describes the cyclical process by which science develops. This process, far from one of slow, gradual accumulation, is a process of revolution in which one framework for scientific thought is continually displaced by another. Its beginning is marked by the establishment of a paradigm, which allows for normal science to occur. Normal science illuminates anomalies, which may be resolved under the established paradigm, shelved, or deemed significant enough to cause a crisis. If a crisis results, a scientific revolution soon follows, and a new paradigm is established. The process then repeats itself. An example that illustrates Kuhn's model well is the replacement theory of spontaneous generation with the theory of biogenesis, which revolutionized the field of microbiology.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Honors Undergraduate Research Journal (THURJ) is a publication of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College at the University of Oklahoma. The views expressed in THURJ are solely those of the contributors and should not be attributed to the Editorial Staff, the Honors College, or the University of Oklahoma.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244.46/97
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subjectKuhn, Thomasen_US
dc.subjectScientific revolutionsen_US
dc.subjectHistory of scienceen_US
dc.subjectSpontaneous generationen_US
dc.subjectBiogenesisen_US
dc.titleSpontaneous Generation and Kuhn's Model of Scientific Revolutionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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