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In this essay, I will outline a view on science in which the notion of inquiring systems and paradigms plays a key role. Kuhn’s term ‘paradigm’ is here used to refer to a complex of factors which direct and control the work done within a field of research.
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Törnebohm, H. (1976). Inquiring Systems and Paradigms. In: Cohen, R.S., Feyerabend, P.K., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Essays in Memory of Imre Lakatos. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1451-9_35
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