In the 1960s, after Kuhn, the following thesis was widely accepted. As in political revolutions, so in paradigm choice-there is no standard higher than the assent of the relevant community. There is nothing more to the objectivity of science beyond the inter-subjective agreement amongst scientists. Science is nothing more than social psychological process, like religious or political persuasion, except that the process is constrained by scientific standards rather than religious or political values. There is no objective standard of progress in science beyond that dictated by the community.
Truth is what the scientific community says it is.
Thesis 5 is unobjectionable, I think. This is known as the sociological turn in science studies. Next, we will look at the arguments that Kuhn put forward for these conclusions, and the objections raised by philosophers of science.