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  • It is not simple to give a concise definition of Thomas S. Kuhn's concepts of scientific revolution and incommensurability because in these somehow interwoven conceptions, all the essential elements of his philosophical position are present in a highly concentrated form. For a start, it is sufficient to characterize scientific revolutions as deep ruptures within the development of science, which separate modes of research in a particular way. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Kuhn on Scientific Revolutions and Incommensurability]

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