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Thomas Kuhn Lecture: Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice (1973)

Clerestory (Bryan Kam)

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The Importance of Choices in Science

Scientist argues that the choices scientists make between competing theories depend not only on shared criteria, those my critics call objective, but also on idiosyncratic factors dependent on individual biography and personality. But if subjective factors are required to account for the decisions that initially divide the profession, they may still be present later when the profession agrees.

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