This fully scripted 60-minute IB DP Theory of Knowledge (TOK) lesson explores paradigm shifts and the way scientific knowledge changes over time. It introduces students to Thomas Kuhn’s view that science does not always progress in a smooth, linear way, but can go through periods of normal science, anomaly, crisis, and revolution. The lesson is built around the question: Does science discover truth, or does it replace one framework with another? The lesson begins with two contrasting headlines a