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Quantum gravity and the structure of scientific revolutions

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In a case study Kuhn's morphology of scientific revolutions is put to the test in confronting it with the contemporary developments in physics. It is shown in detail, that Kuhn's scheme is not compatible with the situation in physics today.

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    Jürgen Audretsch

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Audretsch, J. Quantum gravity and the structure of scientific revolutions. Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 12, 322–339 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01801202

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