The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between April 09, 2021 and May 17, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “Scott’s review of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”; “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”. It most often appears alongside Frankenstein, 1913 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, A Canticle For Leibowitz.
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- Category: Books
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: April 09, 2021
- Last seen: May 17, 2024
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Now, you may remember from Scott’s review of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions that part of Descartes’ claim to fame is inventing the idea of a purely materialist world, where matter interacts with other matter directly, with no recourse to hidden “forces” or “essences” — the classic billiard balls or clockwork universe. This is part of why Newton’s theory of gravity caused such an uproar. Saying that it is in the nature of all matter to attract other matter sounded uncomfortably essentialist! Only Newton’s constant defense and the inherent strength of the theory eventually managed to win it acceptance.
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