Kuhnian revolutions in neuroscience: the role of tool development
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Summary
This article will consider neuroscience paradigms, and the claim that new tools and techniques rather than crises have driven paradigm shifts are argued, and it is argued that tool development has played a minor role in neuroscience revolutions.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2018-05-04
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 136
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Paradigm shift, Scientific revolution, Cognitive science, Philosophy of biology, Field (mathematics)
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