The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This book argues that most “field[s] of specialization” normally concern themselves with “puzzle-solving,” which is “fascinating to the proper sort of addict.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this book that uses the duck-rabbit illusion to illustrate how a “gestalt flip” occurs during paradigm shifts.

ANSWER: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions [prompt on SSR]

[10m] Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions argues that most scientists rarely attempt to disprove the accepted paradigm, contradicting this Austrian-British philosopher’s theory that science is characterized by falsifiability. This philosopher wrote The Open Society and Its Enemies.

ANSWER: Karl Popper [or Sir Karl Raimund Popper]

[10e] Because they both abandoned teleology, Kuhn compared his theory of scientific advancement to this English naturalist’s theory of evolution by natural selection.

ANSWER: Charles Darwin [or Charles Robert Darwin]

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Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
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UCSC	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
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UCLA B	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
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Claremont B	UCLA F	0	0	10	10
UCSD B	USC B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Ottawa A	10	10	10	30
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McGill B	Ottawa B	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Florida B	Florida State A	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Queen's A	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	Toronto H	0	0	10	10
McMaster B	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
Toronto B	Waterloo A	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Ohio State C	0	0	10	10
Louisville D	WVU B	0	0	10	10
CWRU B	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
Louisville C	Michigan State C	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Michigan State A	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	CWRU C	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Louisville A	0	0	10	10
JMU B	William & Mary A	0	0	10	10
Duke A	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
Virginia A	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	William & Mary B	0	0	10	10
NCSU A	UNC D	0	0	10	10
UNC A	UNC C	0	0	10	10
UNC B	William & Mary C	0	0	10	10
VCU A	JMU A	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	NYU A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	Penn	0	0	10	10
Princeton	George Mason B	0	10	10	20
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Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	0	10	0	10
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Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	0	0	10	10
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Alberta A	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Washington Pink	0	10	10	20
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Chipola College	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Emory A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	0	0	10	10
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Rochester	Cornell A	0	0	10	10
Cornell B	RIT A	0	0	10	10
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