Abstract
It is quite rare to witness a radical change in science—not just the advent of a new topic or a new idea, and not just a change in a single field or scientific discipline, but a transformation of the way in which science works in general. In this kind of situation, it is difficult to understand what is going on. Our perceptions are not yet accustomed the novelty; no scholarly language has been refined and developed to reflect on what’s going on.
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It is easy to say, following Kuhn, that we are observing a paradigm shift (Kuhn 1970). In fact, it is too easy, because the scientific shift necessarily includes a corresponding shift in the philosophy of science. Kuhn’s approach establishes a different “paradigm” of observing and understanding science. Thus, both the philosophy of science and its subject are in motion. See also Winsberg’s remarks on their correlation (Winsberg 2010).
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Fleck (1981) describes this challenge for scientists in detail, but it applies to philosophers and historians of science as well.
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Resch, M.M., Kaminski, A., Gehring, P. (2017). Introduction. In: Resch, M., Kaminski, A., Gehring, P. (eds) The Science and Art of Simulation I . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55762-5_1
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