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Science is a social activity. The scientific community, past and present, represents the social dimension (1) of the scientific enterprise. The scientific community is commonly regarded as the internationale of fellow professionals who scrutinize each other’s work, correct it, and carry it on. This latter point implies “tradition,” in practical terms, the instrumental, intellectual, and moral training of the student as part of his preparation for future membership in the scientific community. In the first lecture (Prologue) I discussed the reasons why the scientific internationale is a purely professional one and carries no political weight.
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Mohr, H. (1977). Tradition and Progress in Science: The Notion of Paradigms. In: Lectures on Structure and Significance of Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45496-7_10
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