All crises begin with the blurring of a paradigm and the consequent loosening of the rules for normal … - Thomas Kuhn

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All crises begin with the blurring of a paradigm and the consequent loosening of the rules for normal research. . . Or finally, the case that will most concern us here, a crisis may end with the emergence of a new candidate for paradigm and with the ensuing battle over its acceptance.

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