Thomas Kuhn held that purely objective considerations could never settle disputes between competing scientific theories, emphasizing that social factors influence the development of scientific theory.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Person: Alvin Goldman, Thomas Blanchard Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper
• Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Alvin Goldman, Thomas Blanchard · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper
• Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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