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This document discusses the role of history in understanding science and how scientific knowledge develops. It argues that: 1) The traditional view of science developing through the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions is inaccurate. Past theories deemed incorrect were still scientific and compatible with the evidence at the time. 2) Scientific fields have historically involved competition between multiple theories that were all roughly compatible with scientific observation and methods.

Author

Rashia Lubuguin

Language

EN