Saturday, April 28, 2012

50 Years of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was published 50 years ago. Since then, our understanding scientific progress has not been the same. In a recent Chronicle article titled "Shift Happens," David Weinberger discusses the legacy of Kuhn's ideas. Read more here.
http://chronicle.com/article/Shift-Happens/131580/

I would be interested in hearing your comments on how Kuhn's ideas have shaped your thinking about scientific progress and your own practice of science.

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