Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Philosophers have spilled much ink over the discovery of ideas in the classical “context of discovery.” However, there has been little engagement with the question of what constitutes a discovery of “things in the world.” A much-overlooked answer to this question is provided by T. S. Kuhn. In this article, I show that discoveries awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics over the past 53 years accord with a basic premise of Kuhn’s account and his distinction between two types of natural kind discoveries. I also draw normative conclusions for credit attribution in science.
Source: Philosophy of Science
Author: Samuel Schindler
Institution: Aarhus University
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,550
OpenAlex ID: W4415303333
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