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    Challenges→Kuhn's model provides endogenous, dynamic mechanisms of scientific innovation that lead to a paradigm's eventual destruction

    Paradigm persistence through auxiliary hypothesis modification undermines the claim that internal innovations necessitate eventual destruction.

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    • 1.Kuhn's own examples show paradigms surviving through protective belts of auxiliary hypotheses rather than immediate rejection.
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    • 2.Internal innovations allow paradigms to absorb anomalies without core principle abandonment, extending functional lifespan indefinitely.
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    • 3.Paradigm collapse requires external superiority, not internal strain alone—auxiliary modifications can indefinitely delay this threshold.
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    • 1.Auxiliary hypothesis multiplication eventually becomes methodologically inelegant, triggering crisis independent of innovation mechanisms.
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    • 2.Ad-hoc modifications accumulate logical inconsistencies that even auxiliary hypotheses cannot reconcile without core paradigm revision.
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    • 3.The claim conflates indefinite postponement with actual non-necessity—destruction may be delayed but remains inevitable under sufficient strain.
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