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To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science. Once a field has made the transition, critical discourse recurs only at moments of crisis when the bases of the field are again in jeopardy. Only when they must choose between competing theories do scientists behave like philosophers.
'Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research', in I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave (eds.), Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge (1970), 6-7.
See also: | Choose (2) | Competition (8) | Crisis (3) | Criticism (16) | Discourse (2) | Philosopher (35) | Karl Raimund Popper (16) | Scientist (78) | Theory (192) | Transition (3)
