SOCL 2001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Green Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Resource Productivity
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In order for us to socially interact, we draw upon common knowledge we assume as cultural. Science, at a particular point in time, draws upon a set of knowledge that is assumes in scientific. Process of bleeding people in order to heal them. 150-200 yrs. ago isn"t a problem at all. Darwin"s theory is a common set of knowledge that other things in science are built upon. Idea of a dna helix structure was a revolution in science. Changed the way scientists and doctors thought about health problems. Scientific revolutions (paradigm shifts) accrue when enough anomalies accrue during the practice of normal science to challenge the existing paradigm. Kuhn highlights that once we accept a new form of knowledge, we cannot go back to thinking a different way or perspective. Once you set your mind thinking this as a duck or rabbit, it"s hard to make your mind go back and see it as the other way.
