An Agent-Based Model of Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"

De Langhe, Rogier

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%T An Agent-Based Model of Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"
%A De Langhe, Rogier
%J Historical Social Research
%N 1
%P 28-47
%V 43
%D 2018
%K agent-based modeling; Thomas Kuhn; stigmergy
%@ 0172-6404
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%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56432-2
%X Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions is interpreted as the specification of an agent-based model. Kuhn described scientists as autonomous agents and an emergent pattern of evolving paradigms. The missing link in his account is then a mechanism by which this pattern self-organizes from the interactions of autonomous scientists without centralized control. This paper exploits advances in agent-based modeling and stigmergy to fill the missing link in Kuhn's account. A complete agent-based model of Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions could lead to a better understanding of the contribution of the evolution of the social structure of science to its success.
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%G en
%9 journal article
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