What leads, in Kuhn's analysis, to the replacement of one paradigm by another?

(a) scientific progress within the old paradigm
(b) successful puzzle solving within the old paradigm
(c) reliable observations that cannot be explained by the old paradigm, that is,
"anomalies"
(d) paradigms are never replaced; they coexist permanently


C

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