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It is with great pleasure that we want to inform that the following article:
Cooper, Stephen 2017: The concepts of Ludwik Fleck and their application to the eukaryotic cell cycle. Studia Historiae Scientiarum 16, pp. 335–364. DOI: 10.4467/2543702XSHS.17.013.7714.
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published in our diamond open access journal (i. e. free of charges and embargo delay), was recommended by Victor Noris in Faculty Opinions on 9 May, 2018:
Norris, Victor 2018: Faculty Opinions Recommendation of [Cooper S, Stud Hist Sci 2017 16:335–364]. Faculty Opinions, 09 May 2018. Available online: https://facultyopinions.com/prime/733132328.
He states what follows:
“This paper is an excellent introduction to the important ideas of Ludwig Fleck. Fleck explained why established scientific opinions are very difficult to change. It is because they are actively protected and promoted by a ‘thought collective’ that operates, to quote Fleck, in the following way: “(1) A contradiction to the system (of opinions) appears unthinkable. (2) What does not fit into the system remains unseen; (3) alternatively, if it is noticed, either it is kept secret, or (4) laborious efforts are made to explain an exception in terms that do not contradict the system. (5) Despite the legitimate claims of contradictory views, one tends to see, describe, or even illustrate those circumstances that corroborate current views and thereby give them substance”. Fleck’s persuasive analysis pre-dates and complements Kuhn’s work and the Shared Reality Theory. The author illustrates the continuing relevance of Fleck’s analysis to science using the example of the dismissive reaction to his own criticisms of the current paradigm for the regulation of the eukaryotic cell cycle and, in particular, of synchrony experiments. He has a point.”
Moreover, Victor Noris cited also Cooper’s article in his article published in 2019 in Life:
Norris, Victor 2019: Successive Paradigm Shifts in the Bacterial Cell Cycle and Related Subjects. Life 9(1), No. 27. DOI: 10.3390/life9010027.
