What Thomas Kuhn thinks about creativity
Philosopher and historian of science (1922 to 1996) whose The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) argued that science moves through paradigms and revolutions, and made "paradigm shift" a household phrase.
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1 dated position, c. 1962, in their own words. Our reading of what Thomas Kuhn has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingNormal science does not aim to find new kinds of phenomena; what does not fit is often not seen
Their wordsNo part of the aim of normal science is to call forth new sorts of phenomena; indeed those that will not fit the box are often not seen at all.
↗The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (second edition, enlarged, University of Chicago Press, 1970)archive.org All 17 from this book