Postscript-1969
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Postscript-1969 is Thomas S. Kuhn’s later-added reflective essay to *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*, in which he clarifies and refines key concepts such as paradigms and incommensurability in response to critics.
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| Postscript-1969 canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Postscript-1969 Context triple: [The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, containsSection, Postscript-1969]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Postscript-1969 Target entity description: Postscript-1969 is Thomas S. Kuhn’s later-added reflective essay to *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*, in which he clarifies and refines key concepts such as paradigms and incommensurability in response to critics.
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A.
PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
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B.
Xerox Star system
The Xerox Star system was an early commercial workstation that pioneered the modern graphical user interface with icons, windows, and a desktop metaphor, profoundly influencing later personal computers.
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C.
Gutenberg
Gutenberg is the block-based content editor introduced in WordPress to enable more flexible, visual page and post creation.
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D.
InterPress page description language at Xerox PARC
InterPress page description language at Xerox PARC was an early device-independent page description system developed at Xerox PARC that laid foundational concepts later used in Adobe’s PostScript.
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E.
Xerox PARC technical reports
Xerox PARC technical reports are a series of influential research documents produced at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center that detail pioneering work in computer science, including early graphical user interfaces, networking, and personal computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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reflective essay ⓘ supplementary text ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
interpretations of Kuhn’s earlier work
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meaning of incommensurability ⓘ meaning of paradigms ⓘ nature of scientific change ⓘ scientific theory comparison ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify misunderstandings of Kuhn’s theory
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respond to philosophical objections ⓘ |
| associatedWith | University of Chicago Press ⓘ |
| author |
Thomas Kuhn
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surface form:
Thomas S. Kuhn
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| clarifiesConcept |
incommensurability
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normal science ⓘ paradigm ⓘ paradigm shift ⓘ paradigms ⓘ scientific revolutions ⓘ |
| clarifiesMisinterpretation |
irrationality of scientific change
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relativism attributed to Kuhn ⓘ |
| clarifiesTermUsage |
paradigm as disciplinary matrix
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paradigm as exemplar ⓘ |
| discusses |
communication across paradigms
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role of exemplars in scientific practice ⓘ taxonomic incommensurability ⓘ |
| expandsOn | original 1962 edition of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ⓘ |
| field |
history of science
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| genre | academic prose ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
historical
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philosophical ⓘ |
| includedInEdition | later editions of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ⓘ |
| influenced |
interpretations of Kuhnian paradigms
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subsequent debates on scientific realism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| refinesConcept |
criteria for theory choice
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incommensurability of theories ⓘ non-cumulative scientific development ⓘ |
| respondsTo | critics of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
historians of science
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philosophers of science ⓘ scientifically literate readers ⓘ |
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Subject: Postscript-1969 Description of subject: Postscript-1969 is Thomas S. Kuhn’s later-added reflective essay to *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*, in which he clarifies and refines key concepts such as paradigms and incommensurability in response to critics.
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