Revoluções científicas enquanto pressuposto para produção e progresso do conhecimento científico em Thomas Sammuel Kuhn

Abstract

This monograph has as its theme: Scientific Revolutions as a presupposition for the production and progress of Scientific Knowledge in Thomas Samuel Kuhn. In general, it aims to analyze the scope of Scientific Revolutions in the production and progress of scientific knowledge. For this purpose, the methodology of this study consists of a bibliographic review aided by the hermeneutic technique. The problem of this research lies in the observation that the progress of scientific knowledge does not occur linearly but through ruptures and faces moments of crisis. Faced with this problem, it becomes relevant to address the idea of ​​the progress of scientific knowledge not from a cumulative perspective but through ruptures that mark the emergence of new paradigms, that is, it is a reconstruction made from new principles that alter the methods and the global vision of scientific phenomena. Therefore, the progress of scientific knowledge is a process of constructing scientific knowledge, in which the old paradigm is re-evaluated and rearranged as it assimilates the new; discovery and invention in the sciences are generally intrinsically revolutionary. However, a discontinuous and open science is recommended as a way to guarantee the progress of science from scientific revolutions, since science is not infallible knowledge. This exercise culminates in the revolutionary change of mentality and autonomy of science(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)