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Kuhn's ideas challenged the views of which philosopher?

  • Karl Popper

  • Immanuel Kant

  • David Hume

  • John Locke

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Karl Popper, a philosopher of science, proposed the concept of falsifiability, arguing that a scientific theory must be capable of being proven false through empirical evidence. Thomas Kuhn, a historian and philosopher of science, challenged Popper's views by proposing that scientific progress occurs through paradigm shifts, where a dominant theory is replaced by a new one that better explains the available evidence.
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