Thomas Kuhn Historical Perspectives on Gender & Science

Thomas Kuhn Historical Perspectives on Gender & Science

Write a brief 1-page Analytical Review “NOT A SUMMARY” on these clusters of concepts: Paradigm, Paradigm Shift, and Normal Science. Answer these clusters of concepts by using the 5 questions below.

You are to read the entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on “Thomas Kuhn and normal science” to answer these questions on the concepts. Be straight forward when answering each question.

You can even answer it numerically by going 1-5.

Please feel free to do outside research, to help answer the questions.

Searching the author, article, concepts, background, etc will be highly beneficial to answering the questions.

Here is a link about some background information that can be helpful: The concepts of “paradigm” and “paradigm shift” were first developed by Thomas S. Kuhn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kuhn

How to write Analytic Reviews [not a summary] of a concept: [remember to identify the articles you have read by listing only the authors & year of publication ex: (Weinberg, 2012) ]

1. Identify the concept. Identify 2-3 scholar’s definitions of the concept.

2. How has the concept changed over time?

3. What are the current questions/debates about the concept?

4. How has the concept been used in research projects?

5. How do you use the concept?

6. What are the strengths and limits of the concept?

If you are short of the full page of writing, consider answering question #6.