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Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: Very existence of science depends upon vesting the power to choose between paradigms in the members of a special kind of community.

Very existence of science depends upon vesting the power to choose between paradigms in the members of a special kind of community.

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: Perhaps science does not develop by the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions

Perhaps science does not develop by the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: Unanticipated novelty, the new discovery, can emerge only to the extent that his anticipations about nature and his instruments prove wrong.

Unanticipated novelty, the new discovery, can emerge only to the extent that his anticipations about nature and his instruments prove wrong.

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: How could history of science fail to be a source of phenomena to which theories about knowledge may legitimately be asked to apply?

How could history of science fail to be a source of phenomena to which theories about knowledge may legitimately be asked to apply?

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: Another of the older views, and they are simply read out

Another of the older views, and they are simply read out

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: The answers you get depend on the questions you ask.

The answers you get depend on the questions you ask.

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: To reject one paradigm without simultaneously substituting another is to reject science itself.

To reject one paradigm without simultaneously substituting another is to reject science itself.

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: Out-of-date theories are not in principle unscientific because they have been discarded. That

Out-of-date theories are not in principle unscientific because they have been discarded. That

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: idiosyncrasy than

idiosyncrasy than

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: Autobiographical Interview, ed. James Conant and

Autobiographical Interview, ed. James Conant and

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: What man sees depends both upon what he looks at and also upon what his previous visual-conception experience has taught him to see.

What man sees depends both upon what he looks at and also upon what his previous visual-conception experience has taught him to see.

Thomas S. Kuhn quotes: The man who succeeds proves himself an expert puzzle-solver, and the challenge of the puzzle is an important part of what usually drives him on.

The man who succeeds proves himself an expert puzzle-solver, and the challenge of the puzzle is an important part of what usually drives him on.