normal science

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Z'ev

 

You ask why is modern science considered normal science? I noted in my

post that I was quoting Kuhn, who defines normal science as the

prevailing mode of inquiry in a given society (Structure of Scientific

Revolutions). It does not mean other forms of knowing are abnormal, as

in deviant, just that they do not represent status quo forms of

inquiry. Modern science is the prevailing form of inquiry in all

nations on this planet, including China. The model of

certainly discloses data that is not available via the prevailing model

of modern science, but the reverse is also true. However, arguably, the

paradigm of TCM (which uses modern science as part of its method of

understanding) has replaced older purer forms of CM even in China

herself. That is because the challenge of western science made the

previous paradigm no longer tenable in its older form. Since there is

no going backwards, the only possibility for CM to impact the future

development of medicine in the west is to begin by pushing the envelope

of understanding within the prevailing mode of inquiry. We cannot

control paradigm shifts. We can only provide data that challenges the

old and then see what happens.

 

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