Summary of LA ESTRUCTURA DE LAS REVOLUCIONES CIENTÍFICAS.Parte 1

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• 00:00:00 In this section, the author argues that the current image of science, which is based on textbooks and classic readings of scientific achievements, is not an accurate reflection of the true nature and development of science. He claims that considering history as more than just a collection of anecdotes and chronology can transform our understanding of science. However, he notes that this new concept of science cannot be obtained if historical data is studied solely to answer questions based on the stereotypical view of science. The author also points out that historians of science are facing difficulties in distinguishing the scientific component of past observations and beliefs from what their predecessors considered error or superstition, leading some to question whether science truly develops through the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions.
• 00:05:00 In this section, the excerpt discusses the limitations of current scientific methods and the insufficiency of methodological guidelines in dictating a singular scientific conclusion from various possibilities. The idea that outdated beliefs and theories can still be considered scientific provides doubts about the process of accumulating individual contributions to science. This has led historians to ask new questions and create different lines of development for sciences rather than seeking the permanent contributions of older sciences to the current knowledge of science. Questions like how an individual carries out experiments and which aspects they view as important can determine the essential development of science.
• 00:10:00 In this section, it is explained that observation and experience can limit the range of acceptable scientific beliefs, but they cannot determine a particular set of beliefs. A seemingly arbitrary element, such as personal and historical incidents, is always involved in forming the beliefs held by a given scientific community at a particular time. However, this arbitrary element does not imply that any scientific group could practice their profession without a given set of received beliefs, nor does it diminish the importance of the particular constellation of beliefs professed by the group at any given time. Science seeks to find firm answers to fundamental questions about the entities that make up the universe, how they interact with each other, and what questions can legitimately be asked about them. The answers to these questions or their substitutes are firmly entrenched in professional education, which prepares students for professional practice. Due to the rigor and rigidity of this education, these answers exert a deep influence on the scientific mentality. However, the question remains whether research could be conducted without these institutionalized frames of reference. The section also explains that normal science, which consumes most scientists' time, assumes that the scientific community knows what the world is like, and its success depends on its willingness to defend that assumption. Finally, the section examines how anomalies and problems that resist resolution through normal scientific practices can lead to extraordinary investigations that result in a new set of compromises for scientific practice.
• 00:15:00 In this section, the concept of scientific revolutions is introduced as those extraordinary changes that break with the tradition tied to normal science. The essay focuses on examining the nature of scientific revolutions, using the famous episodes of scientific development associated with the names of Galileo, Newton, Lavoisier, and Einstein. Each of these revolutions required the rejection of a previously recognized scientific theory in favor of another incompatible one, which produced a consequent change in available problems for scientific analysis and norms for what should be considered an acceptable problem or legitimate solution. These changes, along with the controversies that accompany them, are the defining characteristics of scientific revolutions, which ultimately transform the world in which scientific work takes place. The assimilation of a new theory requires the reconstruction of previous theory and the reevaluation of past facts, a process that is intrinsically revolutionary and never takes place overnight. Therefore, the invention of new theories is not the only scientific event that can have a revolutionary effect on specialists in their field, as the principles that guide normal science not only specify the types of entities that the universe contains but those it does not.
• 00:20:00 In this section of the transcript, the author discusses the broad conception of scientific revolutions and their nature, which includes not only paradigm shifts, but also discoveries. The author explores three central questions related to the difficulty of understanding scientific revolutions, the competition between supporters of the old and new scientific traditions, and the compatibility of revolution with the apparent uniqueness of scientific progress. The author also reflects on the challenges of applying historical analysis to the transformation of concepts and the need to observe and scrutinize the theories used to explain phenomena in the history of science.
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