Scientific Revolutions
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"Scientific Revolutions" is a work by philosopher of science Ian Hacking that examines how major conceptual shifts transform scientific understanding and practice.
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| Scientific Revolutions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7353207 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scientific Revolutions Context triple: [Ian Hacking, notableWork, Scientific Revolutions]
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A.
The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions
The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper in which he defends the rational character of scientific progress against relativistic and historicist interpretations of theory change.
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B.
Scientific Thought
Scientific Thought is a major 1923 work of analytic philosophy by C. D. Broad that examines the nature of scientific knowledge, causation, and the structure of scientific theories.
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C.
Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution was a transformative period in early modern Europe marked by groundbreaking advances in astronomy, physics, and scientific methodology that fundamentally reshaped understandings of nature and laid the foundations for modern science.
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D.
Victorian scientific revolution
The Victorian scientific revolution was a period in 19th-century Britain marked by rapid advances in science and technology, the professionalization of scientific disciplines, and profound shifts in how nature and society were understood.
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E.
Copernican revolution in philosophy
The Copernican revolution in philosophy is Immanuel Kant’s radical shift that places the human mind and its a priori structures at the center of how objects are known, rather than assuming knowledge must conform to independently existing things.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scientific Revolutions Target entity description: "Scientific Revolutions" is a work by philosopher of science Ian Hacking that examines how major conceptual shifts transform scientific understanding and practice.
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A.
The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions
The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper in which he defends the rational character of scientific progress against relativistic and historicist interpretations of theory change.
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B.
Scientific Thought
Scientific Thought is a major 1923 work of analytic philosophy by C. D. Broad that examines the nature of scientific knowledge, causation, and the structure of scientific theories.
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C.
Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution was a transformative period in early modern Europe marked by groundbreaking advances in astronomy, physics, and scientific methodology that fundamentally reshaped understandings of nature and laid the foundations for modern science.
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D.
Victorian scientific revolution
The Victorian scientific revolution was a period in 19th-century Britain marked by rapid advances in science and technology, the professionalization of scientific disciplines, and profound shifts in how nature and society were understood.
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E.
Copernican revolution in philosophy
The Copernican revolution in philosophy is Immanuel Kant’s radical shift that places the human mind and its a priori structures at the center of how objects are known, rather than assuming knowledge must conform to independently existing things.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophy of science book ⓘ |
| addresses |
conceptual frameworks in science
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continuity and discontinuity in science ⓘ nature of scientific rationality ⓘ role of paradigms in science ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
analyze conceptual transformation in science
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clarify how scientific revolutions occur ⓘ |
| author | Ian Hacking ⓘ |
| concerns |
interpretation of historical episodes in science
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philosophical analysis of scientific change ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| describes | major conceptual shifts in science ⓘ |
| discusses |
anti-realism in science
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scientific explanation and understanding ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ underdetermination of theory by data ⓘ |
| examines |
how conceptual shifts transform scientific practice
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how conceptual shifts transform scientific understanding ⓘ |
| field |
history of science
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
patterns of scientific development
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structure of scientific change ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy of science ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Ian Hacking ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
scientific change
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scientific explanation ⓘ scientific progress ⓘ scientific theories ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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Thomas Kuhn ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
conceptual change in science
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history of science ⓘ scientific methodology ⓘ scientific practice ⓘ scientific revolutions ⓘ scientific understanding ⓘ theory change ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology of science
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metaphysics of science ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Ian Hacking ⓘ |
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