The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Lower Mid-Atlantic

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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