According to Kuhn, one of the essential characteristics of a paradigm is:
a. It is open-ended enough to leave many problems for its group of practitioners to solve.
b. Its impartiality.
c. Its incommensurability with normal science.
Answer: a. It is open-ended enough to leave many problems for its group of practitioners to solve.
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