单词 | normal science |
释义 | > as lemmasnormal science normal science n. science that is considered standard or normative; science that works within the prevailing paradigms of its time and uses generally accepted methods. ΚΠ 1899 Mind 8 317 We include here both the will which attains to expression in a normal legislation, and that which attains expression in a normal science. 1962 T. S. Kuhn Struct. Sci. Revolutions ii. 10 ‘Normal science’ means research firmly based upon one or more past scientific achievements..that some particular scientific community acnowledges for a time as supplying the foundation for its further practice. 1998 Nature 13 Aug. 633/2 Principe sees alchemy as part of the ‘normal science’ of the seventeenth century, and The Sceptical Chymist as an attack only on vulgar alchemists. < as lemmas |
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