GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions - GRE General Test - Verbal Reasoning Measure Exam

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Read the following passage and answer the question. "The history of science is replete with instances in which a dominant paradigm, long accepted as settled truth, was overturned not by gradual accretion of evidence but by a sudden, convulsive reorientation of thought. Thomas Kuhn called these episodes 'paradigm shifts,' arguing that normal science proceeds incrementally within an accepted framework until anomalies accumulate to a breaking point. At that juncture, the old framework collapses and a new one rushes in to replace it — not always because it is more 'true,' but because it is more useful or generative of further inquiry." The author's primary purpose in this passage is to:

Argue that scientific knowledge is fundamentally unreliable Describe Kuhn's account of how scientific frameworks change Criticize scientists who cling to outdated paradigms Explain why some scientific theories are more useful than others

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Describe Kuhn's account of how scientific frameworks change

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