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Thomas Kuhn

American Writer

Born: Jul 18, 1922

Died: Jun 17, 1996

Aim Change Feared Man Science World

Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward

The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued. Thomas Kuhn

Time Nature Revolution Increasingly Our Once Way Our Time Crises See Feared Impetus Clear Ally Powerful Powers Force Understand Becomes Subdued Transformative Now Necessary

Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular candidate chosen. Thomas Kuhn

Faith Alone Enough Correct Though Crisis Neither Must Rational Particular Also Nor Ultimately Candidate Chosen Basis Need

Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition. Thomas Kuhn

Research Innovator Stated Those Solved Solver Both He Puzzles Within Scientific Scientist Tradition Normal Conditions Existing Just Which Believes

It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking the riddles of their field. Scientists have not generally needed or wanted to be philosophers. Thomas Kuhn

Field Think Analysis Philosophers Philosophical Unlocking Crisis Generally Device Particularly Periods Scientists Wanted Acknowledged Turned Riddles Needed

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