Abstract
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn describes the way in which scientists tend to form communities around research problems and construct paradigms for viewing these problems. Unfortunately, this has been interpreted as providing some sense of validation based on consensus, while the scientific method is intrinsically based on contradiction. This paper explores the nature of modern scientific inquiry beginning with David Hume and the nature of social science research as described by Max Weber, and from here considers the problem of scientific consensus.
Presenters
Robert BruhlClinical Professor, Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Logical Positivism, Research Methods, Paradigm Construction
