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Rather, Rudbeckianism functioned as a flexible paradigm of knowledge (in Thomas Kuhn's sense), not only in Rudbeck's lifetime and during the following generation, but far into the eighteenth century. And if Rudbeck himself was not exactly a mainstream figure, Rudbeckianism in a broader sense was connected to the respected scholarship of the day in countless ways. And even if Rudbeck's afterlife, as sketched out by Roling, is fascinating, it would have been nice to be able to place these examples in a broader picture of the decline and fall of Rudbeckianism. [Extracted from the article]