... reef is only at its surface; the life of science is only at its frontier. The main idea of this analogy is that present science is not created out of thin air, but rather, was a product of many years of research and development. This idea in itself implies that there is progress in science. Scientific methodologies as well as science ... model of scientific progress places a heavy emphasis on rationality as a means of explaining scientific progress while utilizing some of the useful elements of Kuhn's theories. Laudan incorporates the paradigm concept into his idea of the scientific "re...

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