Sentence examples for normal and revolutionary from inspiring English sources

Instead, he posits a discontinuous dynamic that involves normal and revolutionary phases.

Kuhn, however, only saw discontinuities – "normal" and "revolutionary" phases in which scientific communities would be thrown into periods of crisis and uncertainty.

"Thomas Kuhn" (Princeton University Press) by Alexander Bird, a philosopher at the University of Edinburgh, evaluates Kuhn's analyses of normal and revolutionary science, providing a critical yet sympathetic interpretation.

Where the standard account saw steady, cumulative "progress", he saw discontinuities – a set of alternating "normal" and "revolutionary" phases in which communities of specialists in particular fields are plunged into periods of turmoil, uncertainty and angst.

Kuhn used the "paradigm" concept for analyzing the "normal" and "revolutionary" phases of science.

Therefore, he defined "normal" and "revolutionary" phases in the development process of science.

In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions periods of normal science and revolutionary science are clearly distinguished.

According to Kuhn, scientific practice is divided into two phases, called normal science and revolutionary science.

The Wild Bunch is noted for intricate, multi-angle, quick-cut editing, using normal and slow motion images, a revolutionary cinema technique in 1969.

The efficiency is double in comparison with today normal room air conditioners, which is a breath-taking and revolutionary progress in HVAC industry.

Recently optical mammography has emerged as a potential and revolutionary imaging method targeting the detection and, if possible, the characterization of vascular stroma in normal and abnormal tissues.