PARADIGM AND SYMBOLIC UNIVERSE: THE ENDURING SIGNIFICANCE OF THOMAS KUHN

Authors

  • Peter DAN Long Island University, NY, USA Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62229/aubpslxxii/2_23/5

Keywords:

Paradigm, anomaly, incommensurability, Symbolic Universe, conspiracy theories, apophenia, crank magnetism, information bubble

Abstract

The importance of Kuhn’s theory is examined from the perspective of its epistemological impact and contrasted with Popper’s concept of falsification; the theory of paradigm shift is analyzed as a general model of change. Its concepts are applied to Berger and Luckmann’s socially constructed reality and to the Symbolic Universe which sustains it. The theory of paradigm shift is used to analyze the process of changing the Symbolic Universe.

AUBF_72_2_23_5

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Published

2024-09-18

Issue

Vol. 72 No. 2 (2023): The Annals of the University of Bucharest, Philosophy Series

Section

Articles

How to Cite

PARADIGM AND SYMBOLIC UNIVERSE: THE ENDURING SIGNIFICANCE OF THOMAS KUHN. (2024). Annals of the University of Bucharest. Philosophy Series, 72(2). https://doi.org/10.62229/aubpslxxii/2_23/5