Module Title: Engineering and Science and Society
Assignment Type: Essay
Kuhn’s theory of scientific development
City University ID Number: 150017178
Tutor’s Name: Dr. Ishan Cader
Total Number of Words: 1627
Submission Date: 04/03/2015
Kuhn’s theory of scientific development
Introduction
This essay aims to evaluate the paradigm shift of the scientific development by contrast the “normal science”. Firstly, explain the definition and evaluate the characteristics of the Kuhn’s theory by analyses the claims of the questions. Secondly, compare the normal science and other counter-theory form the opponents by relating the problems of reality which is about the contemporary scientific development. Thirdly, to argue the barrier of paradigm which is could obstruct Kuhn’s theory developing. Lastly, to summarise the contribution of paradigm to the development of the scientific philosophy. The real magnitude of Kuhn’s theory, however, is not about the influence of his definitions but in the evidence that he independently alter the way which entertain the humans’ most organized attempt to comprehend the world. Before Kuhn, people were used to using the philosophical ideas to think about the scientific method while with a valiant romance of advances in science. On the other words, before Kuhn, there are huge knowledge about the Whig Interpretation of History of scientific history, in the past studies, theoreticians and experimenters were in long march, if not for the “truth”, then at least for the border and deeper understanding of the real world (Naughton, 2012).
Main Body
Paradigm shift was created and systematically demonstrated by a famous American scientific philosopher Tomas Kuhn (July 18, 1922-June 17, 1996) in his influence book -The “Structure of Scientific revolutions” in1962. The concept of the Paradigm shift is the central to Kuhn’s philosophy of science while he supposed to use this to describe or sketch the real