BIP! Finder - A harmony of illusions: clinical and experimental testing of Robert Koch’s tuberculin 1890

2004 • A harmony of illusions: clinical and experimental testing of Robert Koch’s tuberculin 1890–1900

Authors: Christoph Gradmann

Venue: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Type: Publication

Abstract: Abstract One of Ludwik Fleck’s ideas about the development of scientific knowledge is that—once a system of interpretation is in place—the process that follows can be characterised as one of inertia: any new evidence comes under a strong pressure to be incorporated into the established frame. This can result in what Fleck called a harmony of illusions ( Harmonie der Tauschungen ) when contradictory evidence becomes almost invisible or is incorporated into the established frame only by huge efforts. The paper analyses early explanations of... (read more)

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Topics: Epistemology

DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.06.004

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