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A UNIFIED DISCIPLINE While it may seem an umbrella term, as described in the quote above people in the field of HPS consider this fusion of history of science with philosophy of science to be perfectly natural. The origin of this hybrid approach can be seen in the career of (1962, 2nd ed. 1970), wherein philosophical questions about scientific theories and, especially, theory change are understood in historical terms, employing concepts such as Paradigm Shift .
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