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The Antibiotic Revolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin, which revolutionized the way infections were treated. This discovery was revolutionary because it impacted the scientific field, the medical field, the pharmaceutical industry, and all of humanity ...
Olsen, Alyssa
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Ethnic Diversity in Compulsory Schooling and Occupational Choices: Can Diversity Increase the Supply in Care‐Oriented Occupations

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of ethnic diversity on occupational choices, particularly in care‐oriented occupations which are scarce in many high‐income countries. We use administrative data of all students in Switzerland to study two diversity dimensions: ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization.
Damiano Pregaldini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tras las raíces de Kuhn: un ejercicio de arqueología. Nota crítica sobre Thomas S. Kuhn: la búsqueda de la estructura

open access: yesCrítica, 2018
J. Mayoral, Thomas S. Kuhn: la búsqueda de la estructura, Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 2017, 523 pp.
Pablo Melogno
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Anomalies in Economics and Finance [PDF]

open access: yes
The term “anomaly” played a crucial role in Thomas Kuhn’s characterization of scientific progress. For Kuhn, an anomaly is a puzzle which challenges an accepted paradigm.
Christopher L. Gilbert
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Morphology and osteo‐histology of the weigeltisaurid wing: Implications for aerial locomotion in the world's first gliding reptiles

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This study investigates the morphology and osteo‐histology of the wing skeleton of the world's first gliding reptiles, showing how it differs from those of extant gliding lizards, yet is also convergently similar. These findings pave the way for future biomechanical studies on the gliding locomotion of these emblematic fossil animals. Abstract The Late
Valentin Buffa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Paradigm of Science According to Thomas Kuhn and Prophetic Jurisprudence

open access: yesProphetic Law Review
Prophetic Jurisprudence is a legal discipline based on the epistemological foundation of Islamic teachings derived from the Quran and Hadith. The framework of prophetic jurisprudence is built upon three prophetic ethical principles: humanization (‘amar ...
Bill Nope
doaj   +1 more source

El progreso de la ciencia como resolución de problemas: una defensa de las posturas funcionalistas-internalistas

open access: yesValenciana, 2015
Recientemente, Alexander Bird (2007) sugirió que la ciencia progresa cuando muestra "acumulación de conocimiento justificado". Para validar su postura, Bird contrastó sus ideas con los conceptos sobre el progreso científico construidos por Thomas S. Kuhn
Damián Islas Mondragón
doaj   +1 more source

Por Que as Revoluções Científicas Não Destroem os Objetos Técnicos? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Parece um fato bastante trivial que quando uma teoria científica se torna obsoleta, por ter sido substituída por outra, isto não tem nenhuma consequência para os objetos técnicos compatíveis com a teoria antiga.
Durante Pereira Alves, Daniel
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Agnosticism about artificial consciousness

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
Could an AI have conscious experiences? Answers to this question should be based not on intuition, dogma or speculation but on solid scientific evidence. However, I argue such evidence is hard to come by and that the only justifiable stance is agnosticism.
Tom McClelland
wiley   +1 more source

Thomas Kuhn e a nova historiografia da ciência

open access: yesEnsaio Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências, 2002
This article tries to show the Thomas Kuhn's critics to some conceptions of the contemporary historiography of science that became radical many of the positions formulated initially by Kuhn himself.
Bernardo Jefferson de Oliveira   +1 more
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