re is to know. A paradigm simply gives normal
scientists a boundary by which to follow and study. It
allows them to discover more about a certain field, within
When it first appears, a paradigm limits many things.
It limits how we think, and how normal scientists go about
studying the natural world. A paradigm is only successful,
because it solves a problem better than any other answer,
and therefore becomes the standard. This is where normal
science is needed. "Normal science, consists in the
actualization of that promise, and actualization achieved by
extending the knowledge of those facts that the paradigm
displays as particularly revealing" (Kuhn, 24). This is to
say, that the job of normal science, is simply to work
within the boundaries of the paradigm, and to help the
continuation of it's existence. This leads to the next step
in the structure of the scientific revolution.
If the purpose of normal science is to simply solve the
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