The Heuristic and Methodological Potential of the Concept “Scientific Revolution”

• Authors: Ivanova Adel , Pukhlikov Valentin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The concept of revolution in science is widely used in philosophy of science. We be-lieve that the concept of revolution was borrowed from social-political literature and without any philosophical analysis was transferred to history of science. For this reason, attempts to transform that concept into an efficient instrument of building a theory of the development of scientific knowledge cannot be successful. This concept is nothing more than a metaphor for emphasizing empirical and theoretical discoveries of great significance in the history of science.

Keywords

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revolution; scientific revolution; paradigm; philosophical foundation of science; theoretical and empirical discoveries; metaphor

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 103-109

Contributors

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Ivanova Adel

• Lomonosov Moscow University of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT)

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Pukhlikov Valentin

• Institute of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Sciences