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What notion was challenged by the work of postwar-era scientists?
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Scientific theories reflect reality.
Postwar work (e.g., Kuhn on paradigm shifts, Feyerabend’s criticisms, the underdetermination and theory‑ladenness arguments, and the rise of instrumentalist/constructive‑empiricist views) challenged the idea that scientific theories straightforwardly mirror an independent reality.
Postwar work (e.g., Kuhn on paradigm shifts, Feyerabend’s criticisms, the underdetermination and theory‑ladenness arguments, and the rise of instrumentalist/constructive‑empiricist views) challenged the idea that scientific theories straightforwardly mirror an independent reality.
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